What I Learned Today. by Niharika Tyagi

Miles Reeth 1/2

2020-04-27 23:43:18 UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0EyaTqezSzs

I found this video on YouTube. It talks about the Great Pacifistic Garbage Patch. Enjoy😁

Isabel Fraser 6/7

2020-04-29 00:31:12 UTC

A garbage patch is made up of tiny microplastics. We can't stop the trash but we can prevent it from going in our seas.

Bryce 5 period

brycequinn — 2020-04-29 20:43:29 UTC

I learn not to litter and that there are tiny plastic pieces in the ocean. there are five garbage patches that are in the oceans with these plastic pieces. Reuse the materials when ever I can.

audrey sim 5th period

audreysim — 2020-04-30 16:27:15 UTC

From the video, I learned that it is impossible to pick up everything in the garbage patches in the world because of the ocean currents acting like a whirlpool. But, what we can do is prevent more microplastics from going in the oceans by doing beach clean ups.

Ibrahim Arain Period 7

ibrahim_arain — 2020-04-30 20:49:52 UTC

I learned that The Garbage Patch is formed by gyres that trap microplastics inside of currents. I also learned garbage patches are very large, and the best way to prevent garbage patches is reducing garbage, reusing items, and recycling plastic, paper, alluminum, and metal.

Aisling Muldowney

2020-05-01 02:04:09 UTC

I learned that we can't just scoop everything out from the garbage patches because the garbage goes all the way down to the ocean floor and it could harm or disturb marine life, so the only way we can prevent these garbage patches from growing at the moment is by not littering and to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Kieran Armstrong #7

kieranarmstrong — 2020-05-01 04:30:44 UTC

One question I have is why all the plastic and garbage goes to those 5 spots? Something I learned is that the garbage can reach the bottom of the ocean. A solution to this problem is Prevention like beach side clean up's and not littering.

Mika Haggarty period 1/2

amikalinehaggarty — 2020-05-01 05:19:57 UTC

I watched the video "Trash Talk" An interesting fact I learned from the video is that you can sail through a garbage patch without even seeing any trash. I also learned that their are multiple garbage patches around the world. One thing we can do to prevent more garbage patches from forming is the 3 R's. Reduce Reuse and Recycle, if we do this we can prevent more plastic from getting in the ocean.

Ashwin. R Period 5

ashwin_rengarajan — 2020-05-01 13:05:26 UTC

I watched the video "Trash talk". I learned that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not the only one in the world, but it is the largest and most famous. Usually plastics that go into this gyres are micro-plastics which are the size of peppercorns. It is hard to find a solution to cure what we have already done, but the best solution is to prevent trash from getting into the ocean. It is much easier to deal with trash on land, than in the ocean. I hope you like it... Thanks...

Thomas Wright Period 5

2020-05-01 13:50:39 UTC

This solution may sound stupid, but it's the best I could think of. I'm not an expert on robotics, so it might not be possible. This is just an IDEA.

Step 1: Begin the mass manufacturing of robotic fish bodys. (Preferably with recycled materials.)

Step 2: Program a script for each of the robot fish that includes instructions on how to locate trash, avoid living creatures, and most importantly, digest these micropelts into a storage system inside the body. Finally, once full, the fish would return to a harbor to be unloaded.

Step 3: Release them into the wild.

Adrian Su 1/2

adriansu — 2020-05-01 15:27:47 UTC

I learned that the plastic is more tiny plastics that we can't see and not just big tires and bottles and all those giant items. I also learned that the plastic goes all the way to the bottom of the ocean and not just at the top. The only way we can prevent this is by recycling, not littering, and being more carefull.

Ari

arilee — 2020-05-01 16:11:43 UTC

I from the video that you can't pick up all the garbage in the garbage patches because of the ocean currents which are like whirpools. I also learned that garbage patch is made up of tiny microplatics.

Adrian Gong

2020-05-01 16:13:30 UTC

I learned that the garbage patches aren't just bottles and cans in the ocean, it's called micro plastics which are in the ocean. I was watching the video called "Trash Talk" and I learned a lot. If I hadn't watched this video I might have thought that garbage patches were big whirlpools of cans and bottles but I learned that they're actually filled with micro plastics that are barely 5 millimeters.

Noelle Rice ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

noellerice — 2020-05-01 16:20:18 UTC

I learned that that there are very tiny trash instead of huge pieces of trash. These little pieces of trash are called "microplastics" they get moved by currents. But it doesn't just spread around the world it stays in five places. Microplastics are very tiny they get into little clumps and becomes a garbage patch and still a garbage patch can still be pushed around with currents. It's going to be very hard to clean up all this mess but with a lot of work I think things will be clean.

Mason Patch 6/7

2020-05-01 16:23:35 UTC

I learned that lots of the garbage in the ocean gets their by accident when ships carrying those supplies go across sea. I also learned that the trash gets stuck in different places because of gyres.

Jean-Luc Uharriet period 6/7

2020-05-01 16:23:42 UTC

One question I have is how much plastic is in the ocean? I learned that 99% of ocean bound plastic wast is still unaccounted for. To stop this from happening we should try to reuse items or buy a reusable product that can be used more than once.
Here is the video I got my info from enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HBtl4sHTqU

Rowan Kelly

rowanelizabethkelly — 2020-05-01 16:30:23 UTC

I learned that it is almost impossible to clean up all the plastic in the ocean but we can prevent it by not letting any more plastic enter the ocean. I also learned that it isn't just big pieces of plastic but it is mostly micro plastics.

Kai Shah Period. #1/2

kailenshah — 2020-05-01 16:32:15 UTC

I learned that a lot of the trash in the ocean are so small that you cannot see them. I got this info from a podcast.
Here is the link if you're interested!!!!!!!!!!!
https://aamboceanservice.blob.core.windows.net/oceanservice-prod/podcast/june14/mw062614.m4a

Alexandra Rivas Period 5

2020-05-01 16:34:52 UTC

I learned that The Great Pacific Garbage Patch and other garbage patches in the ocean aren't just a group of trash floating around it is micro plastics floating around so you can't see them and sometimes the bigger pieces will float on the surface, but usually all the plastic is under water. I learned we can't clean it up, but we can prevent more plastic from going into the ocean by reusing recycling and doing other things to help the problem. I got the info from these videos.
Here are the links if you're interested!~
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7c9mSVPXYxU&feature=emb_logo
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrPBYS5zzF8

Simon Limb

simonlimb — 2020-05-01 16:38:09 UTC

I learned the patches of trash, are actually very tiny microplastics floating around. I also learned that we can reduce this by reusing, recycling and reducing. I wonder if as technology advances there will be a way to clean out the microplastics without damaging marine life.

Nicole Grau

2020-05-01 16:38:32 UTC

I learned that a garbage patch is made up of these little micro plastics. I also learned that garbage patches move with the current.

Kagan G.

2020-05-01 16:42:34 UTC

One thing I learned from the videos and podcast is that if you were to tried to clean up less than 1% of the trash located in the North Pacific Ocean it would take 67 ships, and 1 year, Just to clean up that less than 1%, showing that our oceans have been severely impacted by the trash, and that there is so much trash in the oceans it would take decades to get only a little bit out.

Garson Ng

garsonng — 2020-05-01 16:44:42 UTC

I learned from the video that you can't even pick up trash from garbage patches because the ocean current are really strong making it harder to pick up the trash.

Kekoa M

2020-05-01 16:54:27 UTC

I learned from the video there are more than one garbage patches, and even though you spend ours at sea trying to pick up this micro plastic it will just keep on adding because of the pollution that adds every day.

Aidan Berryman

2020-05-01 16:56:44 UTC

Something interesting I learned was that the ocean debree is more microscopic stuff rather than the bigger plastic bottles.

Reece H.

2020-05-01 17:04:45 UTC

I learned that The Garbage Patch is formed by gyres that trap microplastics inside of currents.

i learned haw garbage patches are formed because of ocean currents

2020-05-01 17:07:43 UTC

Cassell R

cassellreese — 2020-05-01 17:10:38 UTC

Willow Harbin period 6-7

willowharbin — 2020-05-01 17:11:05 UTC

I learned that garbage patches are patches in the ocean that are formed by ocean currents, but they are not just like plastic bottles you can just take out of the ocean they are microscopic pieces of trash.

luke janosky

2020-05-01 17:25:19 UTC

i learned that the garbage patch is formed from currents drifting it to their. and a way we can fix it is by not throwing trash in the ocean.

gabby mcIlwain

2020-05-01 17:45:56 UTC

I learned that the plastics inside the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is mostly invisible, and the trash isn't just on the surface of the ocean but far underneath the water as well. This is why people can't just scoop up all of the trash.

Jack Ryan 6-7

2020-05-01 17:50:58 UTC

I learned that garbage patches are formed when the oceans Current leads to one place which takes the microscopic plastics into one huge area.

Griffin Mccoy

2020-05-01 17:55:54 UTC

I learned that garbage patches are made form micro plastics trapped by gyres and get pushed around by ocean currents.

Monet Jalbert 1-2

monetjalbert — 2020-05-01 18:01:55 UTC

I learned that most of the plastics in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch are microscopic.

Alexia Thompson-Period 6/7

2020-05-01 18:03:44 UTC

Today I learned that instead of big pieces of garbage floating around the garbage in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is actually very hard to see and many people don't even know it is there.

Serena Koopmans-Period 7

2020-05-01 18:09:21 UTC

I learned that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and other garbage patches are extremely harmful to the environment because we cannot just clean them up, because they are tiny microplastics that cannot easily be picked up.

Mason Hurley 6-7

2020-05-01 18:10:14 UTC

I learned that most of the plastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch are microscopic.

Wayne Patterson

2020-05-01 18:11:33 UTC

I learned that the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can be tiny and debris can be found in some of the most remote places.

from the video I learened that it is inpossible to pick up everthing in the garbage patches and garbage patches are made form micro plastics

2020-05-01 18:16:10 UTC

Brianna Altamirano-period 7

briannaaltamirano — 2020-05-01 18:19:33 UTC

What I learned in the video was that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is really bad and harmful to the environment because it is not easy to pick it up from the oceon because they are so tiny microplastics.

Mia Suffin

2020-05-01 18:24:42 UTC

I learned that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is huge. I also learned that there is trash from the surface that comes all the way down to the bottom.

Harper

harper_fligel — 2020-05-01 18:25:27 UTC

I learned that the micro plastics that build up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch move along with the currents and it's very hard to clear them out of the water.

Kyrie Witherspoon 3-5

2020-05-01 18:30:12 UTC

I learned that they can't scoop out the plastic because they're scared of harming the ecosystem of the fish and other creatures in the water. Also that garbage patches in the ocean are formed by gyres. I also learned that NASA set out buoys into the ocean to track where the garbage is going. When they did this they found that they went to the garbage patches in the ocean. A question i have is if they are going or trying to make a devise that can safely take out garbage with out hurting anything in the ocean. Also here is an article i found quite interesting about the garbage patches! https://www.nationalgeographic.org/encyclopedia/great-pacific-garbage-patch/

Jaslene Lai 3/5°

26laij32_1 — 2020-05-01 18:32:35 UTC

I learned that garbage patches are large areas of marine debris concentration that are formed by rotating ocean currents called gyres. I also learned that you can't just scoop out all of the plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, because of how large the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is and how it would disrupt the ecosystem.

Fouad Alhashwa

fouadalhashwa — 2020-05-01 18:32:36 UTC

My question was that couldn't the people scoop up the trash but it won't help at all and I learned that garbage patches are large areas of marine debris.A solution could be preserving our items and always recycling.

fouadalhashwa — 2020-05-01 18:37:56 UTC

My question is that couldn't the people just scoop up the trash but it wont help to the animals or for the ocean.I learned that it is impossible to pick up every single piece of garbage since there are pieces of garbage at the bottom of the ocean which are made from micro plastic.What we could do is stop polluting and start recycling. Poor turtle.

Azriel Cruz Period 7

azrieljadencruz — 2020-05-01 18:40:29 UTC

At first, I wondered why it was so hard to scoop up debris from garbages patches. Then, when it mentioned that the gyres that house the garbages patches is constantly moving, and the debris itself ranges from the ocean surface to the ocean floor, I realized that it really is hard to extract the debris from the patches.

Bella Miranda 1/2°

2020-05-01 18:43:09 UTC

I learned that the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is mostly tiny pieces of plastic that are pretty hard to see with a naked eye. Since the garbage is so small it would be hard to pick it out of the ocean, and that is why they haven't been going on trips to pick up the garbage. Another reason why they haven't been going on trips is because it would take 67 ships one year to clean up less than just 1% of the ocean.

Rowan Maher 1/2

2020-05-01 18:44:45 UTC

I learned that there is 88,000 ton of trash, that is 1.8 trillion piecesof trash and it is all micro sized

Hermela flowers 3-5

2020-05-01 18:46:34 UTC

I learned that all of the garbage patches are sucked in by gyres and the ocean currents.

Ren Tsunehara 1/2

2020-05-01 18:47:17 UTC

I learned that the pieces of plastic are so small and they are very hard to see. It would take a very long time to scoop up all the plastic and even if you did, the problem would just keep happening. However, this problem can be solved because the problem is caused by human behavior. You can help by reducing, reusing, and recycling.

Micah Chew 1/2

2020-05-01 18:50:35 UTC

I learned that the garbage patches are made up of small little plastic pieces that are very tiny.

Stepan Kazakov

2020-05-01 19:19:35 UTC

I learned that the garbage patches are mostly micro plastic and cant be efficiently removed. did any one think of filters that filter out the plastics and recycle them?.

Nicholas Khishigbat

nicholaskhishigbat — 2020-05-01 19:53:30 UTC

I had a question before this, it was why cant we scoop up garbage. During the videos it showed why we cant' we will effect the fish or sea animals. I also learned there are micro plastic, allowing to build up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Luis Yusuf Period 7

2020-05-01 20:09:54 UTC

At first, I didn't know why they don't go there and clean that up, but now I learned that the most part of the trash is microscopic. But I still have a question. Is there a way to clean that trash?

Kingsley

kinglseychow — 2020-05-01 20:10:13 UTC

I learned that plastic doesn't always stay at the top but some are at the bottom as well. I also learned that there are such things as micro plastic. We can prevent stuff like this by doing the 3R's.

kendall rosales period 1/2

2020-05-01 20:15:53 UTC

my question was how much marine animals die per year because of plastic and i found out 100 million die a year due to plastic. i also learned that humped back whales were endangered and there were a few hundred in the world and now because of the pandemic the are more then 150,000, this shows that so much can change in a little amount of time just with out us killing them and with out us littering we can save a lot of animals.

Zachary Zamalin 6/7

2020-05-01 20:33:04 UTC

I learned that some of the plastic is hard to clean because it is so small and sometimes microscopic.

Natasha Mendoza 1/2

2020-05-01 20:46:32 UTC

I learned that the garbage patches are made up of tiny microplastics that affect both the ocean and us. However I learned that we can reduce,reuse, and recycle to prevent so much trash from getting to the ocean.

Maddie Rothstein Period 5

madelinerothstein — 2020-05-01 20:46:59 UTC

I learned that the trash is hard to pick up because it is small, spread across the ocean, and at all levels of water. The trash includes tiny microplastics that are less than 5mm.

Jeffrey Galvez Period 5

2020-05-01 21:52:15 UTC

I learned that there are 5 patches of garbage all over the world. They are formed by gyres. They are made up of microplastics. You cannot just scoop ALL the plastic out of the water, or not very fast. It will take a 67 ships 1 year to clean up <1% of the North Pacific ocean. The animals are eating the plastic. Dead birds has plastic in their stomachs. If we were to clean up the garbage from the patch, people will STILL throw trash into the ocean and repeat the cycle. The idea here is to prevent littering, partake in beach clean ups and spread the word around to stop littering and about the garbage patch' affects on animals.

Maya Kahn Period 3/5

2020-05-01 22:12:44 UTC

I learned that there are a lot of garbage patches in the world, but the only one is really publicized. I also learned that most of the stuff in the garbage patch is little plastics called micro plastics.

Yuuto Wada period 5

2020-05-01 22:13:21 UTC

I learned that their are a total of 5 garbage patches in the world and some of them can't even be picked up because they are microscopic also known as micro plastic.

Zoe Ho 6&7

2020-05-01 22:22:01 UTC

I learned that there are a lot of plastic all over our oceans. There are 5 patches of garbage all over our world. These patches are formed by gyres. I also learned that there are a lot of micro plastics in the ocean that can cause harm for animals and the ocean. One solution I think I should do and everyone should do is be conscious of what we use and use the 3Rs.

Jaylen Amlani 5

2020-05-01 23:08:26 UTC

I learned that we have a lot of trash and plastics floating in our oceans. I would like to know how many pounds of trash are floating around. On solution for this problem is to simply stop littering!

Avery Speight 6&7

2020-05-01 23:11:45 UTC

I learned that can reduce, reuse, and recycle to prevent adding more trash to these garbage patches. And also, something I already knew is that the great pacific garbage patch is 3 times the size of France.

Camille Man 6&7

2020-05-02 00:48:28 UTC

I learned that most of the garbage patches are made up of microplastics and you con't really see the garbage patch because they go from the surface to the bottom.

What I learned

2020-05-02 16:01:48 UTC

What I learned is that there is a lot of trash in the ocean and also just found about this thing. What we can do is stop littering

What I learned

kadenchanthavongpower — 2020-05-02 17:58:19 UTC

Kaden p.5
one thing I learned is that micro plastics are really small and we cant just scoop all of it up but we can prevent it

Isabella Calderoni period 3/5

2020-05-03 04:27:26 UTC

As I was watching one of the videos, I had a question that was later answered, my question was, what devices or tools do scientists use to know how the currents sweep the trash along to the large patches of accumulated garbage, such as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The answer to this question was that scientists use "floating scientific buoys" that they release into the ocean, and then track where the currents take the buoys, which leads them to finding out more about the ocean currents and their patterns.

David Rabinovich 1,2

2020-05-04 13:55:06 UTC

What I learned today is that the pacific garbage patch is made up of microplastics to small you cant see them with the naked eye. Also, I learned that you cant clean the pacific garbage because of the pure size of the garbage patch..

I learned that much of the patches of garbage is microscopic and it would be very difficult to clean up.

2020-05-04 16:40:00 UTC

Natalie Wylie period 5

2020-05-24 01:06:15 UTC

I think this is a very difficult problem to solve because the plastic is micro and to tiny to just scoop them out. I think that the plastic in our ocean is an almost impossible problem to solve because of this.

Anderson Fung period 5

2020-06-03 12:54:58 UTC

I learned that most of the plastics are super small so it is really hard to get all of them out of the ocean. There are also lots of other problems of why we cant get the trash out so we should just not throw trash in the ocean in the first place. That way we would not have to deal with a problem like this.