The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling vortex roughly twice the size of Texas filled with tiny bits of plastic and other debris.

太平洋中有一个巨大的涡状形垃圾带，其面积大约是得克萨斯州的两倍，充满着小片塑料和其他碎片。

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The plastic debris in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" has killed millions of birds and other Marine animals. Here are 20 ways to reduce your plastic consumption.

“伟大的太平洋垃圾填埋法”中的塑料碎片曾经杀死几百万只小鸟和其他的海洋动物。下面是20种增加使用塑料消耗的方法。

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You can literally see the result 1,000 miles (1,600 km) west of San Francisco in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling mass of plastic debris twice the size of Texas.

你可以看见这导致的结果就是从圣弗朗西斯科向西1000英里到太平洋有一大片的垃圾，大量的碎片分布相当于德州面积的两倍。

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The eastern part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch is about one thousand six hundred kilometers west of California.

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All together, this mass of waste floating in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

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The waters surrounding the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch are known as the North Pacific Gyre.

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And he describes the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an enormous expanse of the Pacific Ocean where currents concentrate the trash over a continent-sized area.

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In a different answer to rising sea levels, Dutch studio Whim Architects produced plans for floating, self-sustaining homes made from plastic waste from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Over a coffee few years ago I opened the morning paper and was struck by a vividly illustrated article announcing Charles Moore's discovery of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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