SEAPLEX for Teachers

Journey to the Center of the Gyre: The Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX) Miriam Goldstein Scripps Institution of Oceanography March 6, 2009

Mission: Find & explore the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch”

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Wind-driven circulation: How the plastic gets to the middle of the ocean

Trade winds and westerlies (jet stream) drive the oceanic gyres

Stuff accumulates in the calm center of the North Pacific Gyre

And since plastic doesn’t biodegrade…

The SEAPLEX Cruise Track August 5-17, 2009

SEAPLEX Science: Where is the plastic? NOAA

SEAPLEX Science: Ecosystem Effects ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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