What's Twice The Size Of Texas? A Pile Of Garbage In The Pacific Ocean, That's What

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a massive area measuring more than 1.6 million square kilometers. But according to Business Insider, it's just part of the North Pacific Gyre, an ocean region where currents collect plastic. Using planes and boats to observe, researchers from the Dutch The Organization Ocean Cleanup found that the amount of plastic there seemed to be increasing exponentially.