Writing in his new book "Plastic Ocean, " Moore says he didn't know he would "gain a surprising amount of notoriety as the 'discoverer' of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

在他的新书《塑料海洋》中，他说他没想到会因为“发现”大太平洋垃圾带而被如此关注。

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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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