Great Pacific Garbage Patch

I picked the Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch from all other options because I use products made of plastic daily and I wanted to learn something new. From the documentary title, I knew I would learn something new because I never heard of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and I did not know what to expect. One of the main ideas that I took away from the documentary was the fact that plastic is virtually impossible to destroy. In the documentary, it illustrated how the beaches mostly consisted small pieces of plastic instead of sand and how several hundreds of plastic products were washed off to shore which were made a couple of decades ago. Further, it really disturbed me by the effect of plastic on the life of animals and its marine environment. In one scene, it showed how the dead bodies of albatross decomposed but the small pieces of plastic will…

The film Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a documentary directed by Angela Sun and was released on April 22, 2014. This film dives into the desolate "island" known as the great pacific garbage patch which is actually not an island despite what people think. This "island" actually lies underneath the water's surface, which leads to it being unnoticed by the public. Plastic is the main cause of this issue and not only litters the oceans, but it is also harming the marine life.…

I always thought that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, commonly known as Garbage Island, was a huge, waterborne landfill—sort of like a massive hair clog in a big drain, spinning round and round. In reality, it's not so much an island of trash as a soupy area of litter, mostly in the form of tiny flecks of plastic, studded here and there with old fishing gear and children's toys. If you were to sail right through the Patch, the water itself probably wouldn't look too remarkable, unless you…

Plastic marine debris has become increasingly problematic. Angela Sun, a journalist from California, made a movie called, “Plastic Paradise: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” The movie is about plastic marine debris and how it affects wildlife. Sun heard from a friend about this giant island in the Pacific Ocean called the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Most people believe that the garbage patch is a very large, solid patch of garbage sitting in the Pacific Ocean. They do not know that the patch…

The great pacific garbage patch Amirah Osama Introduction: The ocean contains 2.2 million (±1.3 million) species. (Mora. C, 2011) The survivial of these species is reliant on the health of the ocean ….. (talk about ocean pollution in general)……In the ocean gyres can be found. They are formed by winds, rotation of the earth and ocean currents (De Wolff, K., 2014). These gyres move in a circulatory movement, similar to a whirlpool and are able to suck in objects. The objects have been…

The video film produced by Michael J. Lutman informs the viewer of the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”. This video inspired by yacht racing Captain Charles Moore, includes the collaboration of Algalita Research Foundation and the 5 Gyres Institute and the goal is to raise awareness about buoyant plastics. The central goal of 5 Gyres institute is “What about the rest of the world’s oceans?” A group of 13 people created the documentary information presented as “Plasticized”. A four thousand mile…

Hypothesis and Objection Because it may take a couple of years for the trash to collect in areas, and due to the constant water moving, I believe we need to observe this over two years. Not much is documented in regards to water samples in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. My hypothesis after checking water samples, oxygen level and phytoplankton levels, is: a decrease in oxygen, which creates dead zones and decreases in phytoplankton and nutrients, with an increase in bacteria and other toxins. …

How Stuff Works, MNN, and Discovery news agree, The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a large amount of garbage that has been thrown into the ocean or runoff debris from land. This collection of waste is made up of trash, toxic runoff, fishing gear, plastics and other pollutants. According to One Green Planet, the Garbage Patch is 2x the size of Texas and has 3 million tons of litter. Most people believe it is trash visible with the naked eye, according to National Oceanic Service and Ocean…

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the planets biggest cluster of soaring trash, there are greater than 79,000 tonnes of plastic in the ocean in just a 1.6 million square kilometer area. The sum of garbage is up to sixteen times bigger than past measurements. This essay will discuss why it is important for people to have an awareness of “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch” through how it was initially discovered, how people can change it positively in many ways, and greater issues that will occur…

the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, with the main focus being the detrimental effects of plastic waste matteron sea birds.Scientists estimate that 90% of seabirds have consumed plastic debris (ChrisWilcoxa, 2015). The ingestion of plastic debris in seabirds can lead tostomach obstruction and death (Chris Wilcoxa, 2015). The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a large mass of floating garbage in the Pacific Ocean that is formed by a high pressure system called a ‘gyre’ (circulating ocean currents).…