Scientists ready to set sail for 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch,' in name of research
Tuesday, August 4, 2009 - 13:49
in Earth & Climate
Hoping to learn more about one of the most glaring examples of waste and environmental pollution on Earth, a group of scientists will set sail from San Francisco Tuesday to the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a massive vortex of floating plastic trash estimated by some researchers to be twice the size of Texas.