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Evidence that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is rapidly accumulating plastic

2018; Nature Portfolio; Volume: 8; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1038/s41598-018-22939-w

2045-2322

Laurent Lebreton, Boyan Slat, Francesco F. Ferrari, Bruno Sainte-Rose, Jennifer Aitken, Robert Marthouse, Sara Hajbane, Serena Cunsolo, Anna Schwarz, Aurore Levivier, Kim Noble, Pavla Debeljak, Hannah Maral, Rosanna I. Schoeneich-Argent, Roberto Brambini, Júlia Reisser,

Recycling and Waste Management Techniques

Ocean plastic can persist in sea surface waters, eventually accumulating in remote areas of the world's oceans. Here we characterise and quantify a major ocean plastic accumulation zone formed in subtropical waters between California and Hawaii: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). Our model, calibrated with data from multi-vessel and aircraft surveys, predicted at least 79 (45-129) thousand tonnes of ocean plastic are floating inside an area of 1.6 million km