Oceanic ‘garbage patch’ not nearly as big as portrayed in media

Tuesday, January 4, 2011 - 15:30 in Earth & Climate

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- There is a lot of plastic trash floating in the Pacific Ocean, but claims that the "Great Garbage Patch" between California and Japan is twice the size of Texas are grossly...

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