Great Pacific Plastic Ocean Gyre

By Mariah Yau

  • Collecting Data

    Alaska-based researchers collected data measuring plastic in the north pacific ocean.
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    Discovery Timeline

  • Prediction of the Problem

    In this year they published a paper which predicted the problem.

  • Obeservation of the Problem

    Charles J. Moore who is a sailor first observed the problem when returning from the Transpac sailing race.

  • Measurement

    It was measured to have 335,000 items per kilometer sqaure (items of plastic)

  • Finidng the consentration of plastic

    Researchers found the concentration of plastic particles to be 334,721 per square kilometer.

  • Environmental Cleanup

    The environmental cleanup coalition was formed to address the problem.

  • Project Kaisei

    Project Kaisei was developed to study and clean-up the problem.

  • Pollution

    Very little is being done to clean up or reduce the amount of pollution to the ocean