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A garbage patch is a gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by human populations. These human-caused collections of plastic and other
Trash washed ashore in Hawaii from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Washed-up plastic waste on a beach in Singapore
An exhibit at the Mote Marine Laboratory that displays plastic bags in the ocean that look similar to jellyfish.
Henderson Island is an uninhabited island in the south Pacific Ocean. It is part of the Pitcairn Island Group, together with Pitcairn, Oeno, and Ducie Islands. Measuring 9.6 by 5.1 kilometres, it has
Garbage patch
…the plastics into the ecosystem. Research in 2017 reported "the highest density of plastic rubbish anywhere in the world" on remote and uninhabited Henderson Island in South Pacific as a result of the South Pacific Gyre. The beaches contained an estimated 37.7 million items of debris together weighing 17.6 tonnes…
Henderson Island
A view along the northern beach
Thespesia populnea
The Henderson lorikeet (Vini stepheni), also known as the Stephen's lorikeet, is a species of parrot in the family Psittacidae, endemic to Henderson Island.