Garbage+Patch

=Great Pacific Garbage Patch=

Sometimes water becomes a problem for people because they don't have enough of it.

Other times water becomes a problem for people because they don't take care of it. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an example of what has happened to ocean water because people have not been careful about recycling or disposing of trash and plastics.



One of the large collections of plastics and trash floating in the ocean is found between Hawaii and the west coast of the U.S.



http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/03/eco.myths/index.html?iref=newssearch
 * Read about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the CNN article:**


 * Watch this video to see what it looks like and learn more about the problem:**

media type="custom" key="2900265" ABC News Video 9/6/2008; 4:30 minutes

http://videos.howstuffworks.com/hsw/6198-water-in-our-environment-trash-disposal-video.htm
 * This Discovery video explains how trash ends up in the ocean:**

http://fr.truveo.com/Great-Pacific-Garbage-Patch-Impacting-Marine-Life/id/3727546794
 * Check out this KPIX news report from San Francisco, 10/20/07, 2:30 minutes; click on the link below:**

** Turtles in trouble because of the trash in the ocean.**

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 * In this video Jean-Michel Cousteau and his team sail into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch while shooting //Voyage to Kure//; about 4 minutes.**

media type="custom" key="2901743" Duration: 12:49 Recorded: 12 February 2008 http://vodpod.com/watch/584711-ocean-poubelle-great-pacific-garbage-patch
 * Video from Ocean poubelle - more on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch**

PBS: Wired Science - All about the ocean currents that carry trash** http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/story/22-flotsam_found.html
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http://www.montereybayaquarium.org/cr/oceanissues/plastics_albatross/
 * Check the Monterey Bay Aquarium for videos and information on the plastics problem.**

Additional Great Pacific Garbage Patch Resources
http://science.howstuffworks.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch.htm
 * How Stuff Works:**

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 * Google Earth**

http://www.greatgarbagepatch.org/
 * A web site with information and links:**

Podcasts
Podango: [|Great Pacific Garbage Patch] 11/24/08 NPR: [|Navigating the Pacific's Garbage Patch] 10/28/07

**Articles**
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/oceans/la-me-ocean2aug02,0,3130914.story
 * //Los Angeles Times//, August 2, 06:**

http://discovermagazine.com/2008/jul/10-the-worlds-largest-dump/article_view?b_start:int=1&-C=
 * Discover The World's Largest Dump:** The Great Pacific Garbage Patch In the central North Pacific, plastic outweighs surface zooplankton 6 to 1. by Thomas M. Kostigen, published online July 10, 2008

http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Ocean/Pacific-Garbage-Patch30oct07.htm
 * //San Francisco Chronicle//, October 2007**