tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284446320251611266.post8915223279252549537..comments2024-03-22T13:31:45.213-04:00Comments on HoCo Connect: From my yard to the Pacific OceanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284446320251611266.post-14090399942664039612013-06-13T08:17:46.115-04:002013-06-13T08:17:46.115-04:00Okay, I read the Wikipedia article, and nowhere in...Okay, I read the Wikipedia article, and nowhere in it does it remotely mention garbage migrating from the Atlantic into the Pacific. Sorry; no sale.<br /><br />There IS an Atlantic garbage patch, and it's quite possible that trash originating in Columbia could wind up there. But for whatever reason, it doesn't have the cachet of the Pacific patch. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284446320251611266.post-9842352624458712402013-06-12T21:25:03.065-04:002013-06-12T21:25:03.065-04:00Great science lesson, Duane. You could be a scienc...Great science lesson, Duane. You could be a science teacher.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284446320251611266.post-60292430473961474852013-06-12T19:25:07.447-04:002013-06-12T19:25:07.447-04:00It is unlikely but possible. See Wikipedia link on...It is unlikely but possible. See Wikipedia link on this.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pacific_garbage_patchHoCo Connectnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5284446320251611266.post-16263554222323769802013-06-12T08:44:57.236-04:002013-06-12T08:44:57.236-04:00Okay, I'll bite. How does your trash get to th...Okay, I'll bite. How does your trash get to the PACIFIC Ocean? <br /><br />The predominant ocean currents in the North Atlantic start with the Gulf Stream, which would take your trash toward the British Isles; and then the North Atlantic Drift and Canary current, which would take it to the North Equatorial current and back to North America. It would cycle around the Atlantic.<br /><br />Although it's extremely unlikely, I suppose it's theoretically possible that your trash could catch the Norwegian current, go up into the Arctic; traverse the entire length of Russia; then somehow catch the Oyashio current south, and somehow wind up in the Pacific. But let's be real here. Your trash in Columbia IS NOT going into the Pacific. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com