Ocean Plastic Drift

rivers → currents → garbage patch

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plastic in the patch · 0 of 0 particles
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seed from rivers currents GPGP rivers
fresh plastic (just emitted)
drifting on the currents
accumulated in the GPGP
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The story. The world's rivers emit plastic to the sea; the ocean's mean surface currents (OSCAR) sweep it into the subtropical gyres, where it piles up in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Particles are seeded at real river outfalls weighted by tonnes/yr and advected by the real current field.

…and once it's there, here's how you find it →
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