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Garbage patch

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 debris are responsible for ecosystem and environmental problems that affect marine life, contaminate oceans with toxic chemicals, and contribute to…

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Garbage patch

Nodes73
Edges72
Triples66
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.027397
Components1

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Garbage patch

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related to Great Pacific · 13
Garbage patch → Asia, Despite, It, North America, North Pacific Garbage Patch, North Pacific Ocean, Pacific, Pacific Rim, Patch, South America, The, The Great Pacific Garbage, This
related to Identified patches · 13
Garbage patch → Africa, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, In, Indian Ocean, North America, North Atlantic, North Pacific Gyre, Researchers, South Africa, South America, South Atlantic, South Pacific, The
related to North Atlantic · 11
Garbage patch → Garbage Patch State, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, North Atlantic, North Atlantic Gyre, Ocean Cleanup, Pacific, Sea Education Association, The, The North Atlantic, There, UNESCO
has effect · 8
Garbage patch → Animals, Cetaceans, Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Plastic, Some, The, United Nations Ocean Conference, When
related to Indian Ocean · 5
Garbage patch → As, Indian Ocean, Indian Ocean Gyre, The, The Indian Ocean
is a · 4
Garbage patch → area of ocean with increased levels of marine debris and plastic particle pollution, garbage patch of human-made marine debris found floating within the North Atlantic Gyre, gyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by human populations, large risk to wildlife

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plastic patch garbage ocean debris marine pacific patches microplastics north gyre life plastics water great atlantic particles trash pieces oceanic

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Garbage patchis agyre of marine debris particles caused by the effects of ocean currents and increasing plastic pollution by human populations0.90text
Garbage patchis aarea of ocean with increased levels of marine debris and plastic particle pollution0.90text
Garbage patchis agarbage patch of human-made marine debris found floating within the North Atlantic Gyre0.90text
Garbage patchis alarge risk to wildlife0.90text
fishing netsinstance ofto large objects0.80text
consumer goodsinstance ofto large objects0.80text
appliances lost from floodinstance ofto large objects0.80text
shipping loss.Garbage patches grow because of widespread loss of plastic from human trash collection systemsinstance ofto large objects0.80text
bisphenol Ainstance ofreleasing potentially toxic chemicals0.80text
PCBsinstance ofreleasing potentially toxic chemicals0.80text
derivatives of polystyrene.As the plastic flotsam photodegrades into smallerinstance ofreleasing potentially toxic chemicals0.80text
smaller piecesinstance ofreleasing potentially toxic chemicals0.80text

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