Atlantic 'garbage patch' discovered
Thursday, August 19, 2010 - 20:21
in Earth & Climate
WOODS HOLE, Mass., Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A giant floating patch of plastic debris has been identified in the North Atlantic, and U.S. marine biologists studying the phenomenon say it has them worried. United States - Marine debris - Canada - Atlantic Ocean - Marine biology
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