Sentences with phrase «giant ocean plastic»

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If you trawl a fine mesh net through any of the globe's five subtropical gyres — giant ocean vortexes where currents converge and swirl unhurriedly — you will haul on deck a muddle of brown planktonic goop, the occasional fish, squid or Portuguese man - of - war — and, almost certainly, a generous sprinkling of colourful plastic particles, each no larger than your fingernail.

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Plastic pollution in the ocean is like a floating minefield to marine life, from microscopic plankton to giant whales.

Six years ago a teenager named Boyan Slat presented an idea at TEDx for a giant tube that would catch plastic caught in ocean currents.

«The ocean's five major gyres, giant swirling currents, often trap this debris, turning the ocean into a toxic plastic soup.»

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