Invisible Island in the Pacific Ocean 🏝️ The Great Pacific Garbage Patch 🤯

Did you know there’s a massive ""island"" in the Pacific Ocean that isn’t on any map? That’s because it’s not land—it’s a floating trash vortex made up of millions of tons of plastic! 🏝️ The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between California and Hawaii, is a swirling mass of waste spanning 617,000 square miles—larger than France, Germany, and Spain combined! 😲 But that’s not all—there are at least five other similar zones polluting our oceans. This plastic soup is made up of discarded bottles, fishing nets, and containers that break down into microplastics, contaminating marine life and even entering the food chain. 🌍🐟 Meanwhile, powerful ocean currents trap the debris, making it nearly impossible to clean up as the patch continues to grow every year. And here’s the scariest part—scientists say these floating patches are only a fraction of the plastic in our oceans. Most of it sinks to the seafloor or washes up on shores. 😨

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