On the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, scientists find a surprise: Coastal life.
Scientists, writing in the journal Nature Communications, report coastal plants and animals are sustaining themselves and even reproducing in the patch, an accumulation of trash stuck in ocean currents that’s estimated to be about twice the size of Texas.
Scientists have known that coastal species could catch rides out to sea on logs and seawood in the past. But those materials would quickly disintegrate and become a one-way ticket to nowhere. The finding raises questions about how these communities function, how they develop and what implications they have for the movement of invasive species.
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