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The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Changing the Color of the Ocean
TL;DRPlastic pollution in the Pacific is so dense it's visibly altering ocean color.
Why it matters: Ocean color changes affect climate models, marine ecosystems, and satellite data accuracy.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area in the Pacific Ocean where debris naturally accumulates, is full of tiny bits of plastic -- so full, in fact, that it seems to be changing the color of the ocean. [...] To…
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