Ocean gyres trap plankton and debris inside vast rotating currents

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Ocean gyres trap plankton and debris inside vast rotating currents

Published By Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

Ocean gyres trap plankton and debris inside vast rotating currents

Wind-driven subtropical gyres circle whole basins, pooling water in calm centers surrounded by faster boundary currents like the Gulf Stream.

Plankton and floating organisms concentrate along fronts; human plastics hitch the same ride and gather in long-lived garbage patches.

A gyre is a planetary whirlpool with ecology inside. What the winds spin together — life or litter — may circle for years before escaping.

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Shahzad Mahota @shahzad-mahota

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Ocean gyres trap plankton and debris inside vast rotating currents