Why Can’t We Scoop All the Plastic Out of the Ocean?

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Lots of people want to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and plastics have a huge impact on ocean environments. But marine wildlife are already adapting to our plastic waste, which means cleaning it up isn't as simple as just... cleaning it up.

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