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ASA's Exclusive Report from the Pacific Garbage Patch
19 August 2015 · 1 min · 1K views · Great Pacific Garbage Patch
What this video covers
A research fleet of 27 boats is actively sampling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, trawling the surface layer to a depth of 15 centimetres.▶ 0:05 Contrary to the common image of large floating debris, the plastic found is predominantly tiny fragments — too small to see without scanning the surface at close range.▶ 0:05 Each trawl yields large quantities of plastic, which the researchers describe as mind-blowing in volume.▶ 0:59 The operation is coordinated across most of the 27 vessels, with communication maintained throughout the fleet.▶ 0:50
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