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Microplastics may be changing the colour of the Pacific Ocean
The sea around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is changing colour, and microplastics may be to blame.
Summary
The sea around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is changing colour, and microplastics may be to blame. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), located roughly midway between Hawaii and California, covers around 1.6 million square kilometres and is thought to contain nearly 80,000 tonnes of plastic debris, carried there by ocean currents.
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