spain, it is also the size of a massive area of floating trash known as the great pacific garbage patch. according to a new study, it s up to 16 times larger than previously thought. after a two-year study, researchers found that 1.8 billibil trillion pieces of trash were in this garbage patch. this is made with rescyclable flexible pipes. it will be weighted by anchors so the cleanup contraption moves slower than the ocean currents that will trap the garbage that will be recycled back on to dry land. the system being developed in
in case you missed it, sunday was earth day and this year earth day was focused on ending plastic pollution, like the massive garbage patch in the middle of the pacific ocean which is increasing exponenti exponentially. it the floati ining mounds of plastic now cover an area the side of france. that s the bad news, but here s some good news. scientists have stumbled on a so-callso oe kaul so-called mutant enzyme that will break down plastic, far faster than the centurieies it will take in the ocean. it also paves the way for a hot new monster movie this summer. attack of the plastic eating mutant enzyme. they should make it in 3-d so senator hatch can use his
i can t believe that number. it s going to take a lot work and perhaps you and i should go to river and clean there. river cleanups. they have that here. yes. like you said, we have more about it. the south pacific garbage patch is now larger than mexico and researchers say it will keep growing unless society changes how it handles plastic. here is more from linda kincaid. reporter: the south pacific ocean, a vast marine landscape, a precious part of our earth. but take a closer look and scientists say it s becoming a plastic garbage dump. here i am standing on buoy island. reporter: this captain charles moore found a research in education. a nonprofit group dedicated to solving the sea s plastic pollution problem.
the end of the world or not. it s actually about the effects of constantly screaming about the apocalypse and the panic from trump and what that does to the world. it s a good read. foxnews.com/opinion. kimberly: you and van jones might want to do a interpretive reading. dana: i have anxiety about a few things. one of them is trash in the accumulation of it. in the great pacific, the garbage patch. that s the amount of plastic gathered since the 80s. three times the size of france. our marine debris program, they are trying to figure out how to deal with it. i really think president trump could lead an international coalition to figure out not only how to clean it up but to stop it from happening. greg: three times the size
going back to enormity of that big floating garbage patch, this is what president trump said today on the spending bill. it became so big because we need to take care of our military and because the democrats who don t believe in that added things that they wanted in order to get their votes. it became so big, became so unwieldy, no one thought they could stop it. can t be the way we govern and spend the taxpayer [national anthem]