Great Pacific Garbage Patch

GPTKB entity

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:marine_debris_accumulation_zone
gptkbp:affects	gptkb:fish marine life sea turtles seabirds
gptkbp:area	1.6 million square kilometers
gptkbp:causedBy	ocean currents human pollution
gptkbp:cleanupEfforts	gptkb:The_Ocean_Cleanup_project volunteer organizations
gptkbp:composedOf	plastic debris fishing nets microplastics
gptkbp:discoveredBy	gptkb:Charles_J._Moore
gptkbp:discoveredIn	1997
gptkbp:locatedBetween	gptkb:California gptkb:Hawaii
gptkbp:location	gptkb:North_Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:mediaCoverage	gptkb:BBC gptkb:National_Geographic gptkb:The_New_York_Times
gptkbp:nickname	gptkb:Pacific_trash_vortex
gptkbp:notableFor	environmental impact difficult to clean up high concentration of plastics
gptkbp:partOf	gptkb:North_Pacific_Gyre
gptkbp:studiedBy	gptkb:Algalita_Marine_Research_Foundation gptkb:The_Ocean_Cleanup
gptkbp:threats	ocean ecosystems food chain
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:North_Pacific_subtropical_gyre gptkb:North_Pacific_Gyre gptkb:North_Pacific_Ocean gptkb:North_Pacific gptkb:Pacific_gyre
gptkbp:bfsLayer	6
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Great Pacific Garbage Patch