This is the North Pacific Gyre, home of the swirling vortex of plastic trash.
这里位于北太平洋环流,许多塑料垃圾都在这里打转。
Some end up in gyres. A gyre is a big whirlpool that traps and moves the plastic in circles.
其中一些被卷入环流。环流是指让困住垃圾并使其环形运动的大漩涡。
The team plans to recycle plastic on the spot - in the North Pacific Gyre - into hollow, floating blocks. These will become the foundation blocks for the 10,000sq km floating island.
荷兰科学家们计划将北太平洋环流系统里的可见塑料废物收集起来,建成一个个“中空的”浮动块,而这些浮动块将会成为面积达1万平方公里小岛的基础块体。
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