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Expedition to the “Great Ocean Garbage Patch”

Expedition to learn about the size of the “garbage patch” and the threats it poses to marine life and the gyre’s biological environment back.

On August 2, 2009 researchers left on the Scripps Environmental Accumulation of Plastic Expedition (SEAPLEX) on board the research vessel (R/V) New Horizon.