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Plastic Accumulation in the North Atlantic Subtropical Gyre

Published:2010-09-03 Issue:5996 Volume:329 Page:1185-1188
ISSN:0036-8075
Container-title:Science
language:en
Short-container-title:Science

Author:

Law Kara Lavender¹,Morét-Ferguson Skye¹²,Maximenko Nikolai A.³,Proskurowski Giora¹²,Peacock Emily E.²,Hafner Jan³,Reddy Christopher M.²

Affiliation:

1. Sea Education Association, Post Office Box 6, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.

2. Department of Marine Chemistry and Geochemistry, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, 266 Woods Hole Road, Woods Hole, MA 02543, USA.

3. International Pacific Research Center, School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology, University of Hawai’i, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA.

Abstract

Sea of Plastic Plastics are highly resistant to degradation and persist in the environment after being discarded. Notoriously, plastics accumulate within ocean gyres, where patterns of surface circulation concentrate them into specific regions. One area of plastic buildup lies in the middle of the North Atlantic Gyre. Law et al. (p. 1185 ; published online 19 August) report results from 22 years of plankton tows in the North Atlantic that showed the pattern of plastics accumulation was indeed as predicted by theories of ocean circulation, but, despite the steady increase in plastic production and disposal, the concentration of plastic debris had not increased.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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