Each debris found in the vortex comes with it’s own ecosystem.
The @thevortexswim team have been observing barnacles, crabs, algea, and fish using plastic as an artificial reef.
While collecting samples, The team and their science advisors study what impact these hitchhikers could have on the local ecosystem.
This new marine community even has a name: the plastisphere.
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