Pacific Garbage Patch by Kayla Andrewski https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89 en-us 2015-04-21 18:31:24 UTC 2015-04-23 18:55:43 UTC hello@padlet.com What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/57710704 It is a sea of swirling debris such as garbage, growing in the Pacific Ocean.

]]> 2015-04-21 18:35:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/57710704 Picture of Pacific Garbage Patch kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/57711618 2015-04-21 18:38:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/57711618 Where Did This Come From? kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/57712125 80% of the garbage in this garbage patch comes from activities on land, such as litter, plastic bottles, or wrappers, float into storm drains, which empty out into a bay, or the garbage flows directly into the sea, from major cities like LA. The other 20% of garbage comes from activities at sea, such as trade routes.

]]> 2015-04-21 18:40:50 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/57712125 How Does This Garbage Get There? kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/57713472 The garbage patch is one big spinning area of debris that are linked together by the 

North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone, close to norther Hawaii. This zone forms by 

warm water from the South Pacific intertwines with colder water from the Arctic.

]]> 2015-04-21 18:46:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/57713472 Who Knows Ab\out The Garbage Patches kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58064392 Less than 1/3 of the human population knows

about the Pacific Garbage Patch, and even less

of those people have made the effort to help

or try to clean up the natural trashcan.

]]> 2015-04-23 18:30:38 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58064392 How Does This Garbage Effect the Environment? kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58065433 This garbage patch has caused significant amounts of deaths in the wildlife surrounding the patch, thousands of boats are damaged by the debris, they also discourage swimming and ruin local fisheries and commercial fisheries, as well as littering many beaches.

]]> 2015-04-23 18:35:08 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58065433 Wildlife dying from garbage kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58066945 2015-04-23 18:42:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58066945 Boat Destroyed From Pacific Patch kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58067829 2015-04-23 18:46:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58067829 Littered Beaches Due To Pacific Patch kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58068148 2015-04-23 18:47:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58068148 Fisheries Affected kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58068440 2015-04-23 18:48:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58068440 Swimmers Also Affected kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58068703 2015-04-23 18:49:51 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58068703 How is this being cleaned up? kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58069042 A young teen's marvelous invention is the hope of the Pacific Ocean and its inhabitants.

]]> 2015-04-23 18:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58069042 Keith Batten kaybaaby https://padlet.com/kaybaaby/xurjc8cjug89/wish/58069739 Muy bueno

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