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Plastic was found in every one of the 100 consecutive surface samples gathered. Miriam Goldstein, chief scientist of the SEAPLEX expedition described the findings as "shocking". Speaking about the patch, Goldstein added, "There’s no island, there’s no eighth continent, it doesn’t look like a garbage dump. It looks like beautiful ocean.
Zealandia had so much promise as the eighth continent on Earth. Well, it did—until about 95 percent of the mass sunk under the ocean. ... although a few other islands in the vicinity are also ...
New Caledonia and the islands surrounding it comprise some 18,576 km 2 (7,172 sq mi or 6.48%) and the remainder is made up of various territories of Australia including the Lord Howe Island Group (New South Wales) at 56 km 2 (22 sq mi or 0.02%), Norfolk Island at 35 km 2 (14 sq mi or 0.01%), as well as the Cato, Elizabeth, and Middleton reefs ...
Zealandia, considered a candidate for the Earth’s eighth continent, was mostly lost to the sea. ... although a few other islands in the vicinity are also part of the maybe-continent in question.
Earth's mysterious eighth continent doesn't appear on most conventional maps. Zealandia — or Te Riu-a-Māui, as it's referred to in the indigenous Māori language — is a 2 million-square-mile ...
The first 45-day expedition removed 103 short tons (93 t; 206,000 lb) of plastic [73] and the second expedition removed 67 short tons (61 t) of plastic from the garbage patch. [74] In 2022, over the course of 2 summer expeditions, Ocean Voyages Institute removed 148 short tons (134 t; 296,000 lb) of plastic ghostnets, consumer items and mixed ...
Category: Artificial islands by continent. 5 languages. ... Artificial islands of Oceania (1 C) This page was last edited on 25 January 2019, at 06:16 (UTC). ...
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