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Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by jayess on Monday July 31, 2017 @05:31PM (#14896053)
The patch is not easily visible, because it consists of tiny pieces almost invisible to the naked eye.[7] Most of its contents are suspended beneath the surface of the ocean,[8] and the relatively low density of the plastic debris is, according to one scientific study, 5.1 kilograms per square kilometer of ocean area (5.1 mg/m2).[9]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patch

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Re:Plastic Micro-Particle Patch Bigger Than Mexico Found in ... by DougWebb on Monday July 31, 2017 @06:07PM (#14896313)
Maybe the headline should have been "Plastic Garbage Patch Bigger Than Mexico, and far less dense than the air above Mexico, Found..."
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