<p>A map highlights the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch in dark gray, located in the North Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii.</p>

<p>Also known as the Pacific trash vortex, it is a widely-dispersed area of marine debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean covering 1.6 million square kilometers (618,000 square miles).</p>

The Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch

Oceans

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Anthropogenic Biomes

Areas at Risk of Soil Degradation

Average Annual Precipitation

Biomes

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Global Mean Temperature, January

Global Mean Temperature, July

Global Surface Warming: Worst-Case Projections (NASA)

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Major Soil Orders

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