by Jamar Bryan https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd en-us 2015-04-20 19:32:29 UTC 2015-04-23 19:04:02 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.storage.googleapis.com/portrait/rose_close.jpg Great Pacific (or Atlantic)Garbage Patch - QUIZ Grade hcps_bryanjd1 https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/57546651 Jamar Bryan

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Oceanography

]]> 2015-04-20 19:37:40 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/57546651 What is the Great Pacific (or Atlantic) Garbage Patch? hcps_bryanjd1 https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58065466

The "garbage patch" is a popular name for concentrations of marine debris in the North Pacific Ocean.


]]> 2015-04-23 18:35:20 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58065466 Video hcps_bryanjd1 https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58066573 2015-04-23 18:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58066573 How did this giant area of trash form? hcps_bryanjd1 https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58066724 These areas of spinning debris are linked together by the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, located a few hundred kilometers north of Hawaii. Thisconvergence zone is where warm water from the South Pacific meets up with cooler water from the Arctic. The zone acts like a highway that moves debris from one patch to another. 

]]> 2015-04-23 18:41:08 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58066724 What effects does this garbage have on the environment hcps_bryanjd1 https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58067581 2015-04-23 18:44:58 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58067581 What effects does this garbage have on the environment? hcps_bryanjd1 https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58067584 -Animals get killed

-They digest toxic things

-It makes it hard for fish to live

-Hawaii to San Francisco is mainly affected

]]> 2015-04-23 18:45:00 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58067584 What is being done to clean up this mess? hcps_bryanjd1 https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58069307 Nothing is being done but people are trying to come up with solutions.

]]> 2015-04-23 18:52:34 UTC https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58069307 Who knows about the Great Pacific (or Atlantic) Garbage Patch? hcps_bryanjd1 https://padlet.com/hcps_bryanjd1/46su5mfl1bnd/wish/58070377 -A lot of people knew about it after the 1990's

-I didn't know about it until recently

-People can spread the word by making ads and keeping a steady effort with it

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