The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an area in the North Pacific Ocean that contains trash and causes harm to ocean life and those that consume that life. What lessons can be learned from this floating pile of trash?

The trash harms ocean life, and people who consume that life can also be affected. This shows that living things are connected and that environmental problems can have consequences across those connections. Therefore, the lesson is that there is a relationship among all living things on Earth.

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