Greenzoner.comHello Greenzoners. Have you heard about Midway island? It’s an island located on the northern Pacific – over 2000 kilometers from any continent.
Some time ago popular for the great role it had in World War II – now it’s a calm piece of land with animals that live peacefully.
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February 23rd, 2013Eco News #22 – Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch
October 20th, 2012Hello Greenzoners, we’d like to share with you with another Eco News, this one’s concerning really interesting and important issue – Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.
What is this? It’s an accumulation of garbage, floating on the northern Pacific Ocean. It stretches to hundreds of miles and, if all this garbage would be gathered in one place, it would cover the surface almost as big as France.
It’s made of plastic, which is not biodegradable, so it flows forever. The garbage comes most of the times from beach (left unattended and then swept by waves), fishing boats and cargo ships.
Not only does it pollute the water, but also is dangerous to the underwater animals. Many sea species were found dead entangled in old fishing nets or poisoned by accidental swallowing plastic or steel leftovers. (more…)