Scientists have found dozens of species of coastal invertebrates organisms thriving Oscar-the-Grouch-style in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
. Incredibly, 80 percent of the plastic trash that the team looked at showed signs of being colonized by coastal species. Some of the coastal species were even reproducing in their plastic homes, such as the Japanese anemone.
The Earth’s oceans have five “gyres,” pull things in like a whirlpool. In each gyre, garbage accumulates in so-called “patches.” The most famous is between Hawaii and California. CREDIT: NOAA. “We were extremely surprised to find 37 different invertebrate species that normally live in coastal waters, over triple the number of species we found that live in open waters, not only surviving on the plastic but also reproducing,”
. “We were also impressed by how easily coastal species colonized new floating items, including our own instruments—an observation we’re looking into further.”
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