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- Algalita Marine Research Foundation
- Newsweek: The Great Pacific Cleanup
- Scientific American Expeditions: Voyage to the Pacific Ocean's garbage patch: An albatross visits, followed by a rough night -- Jan. 24, 2009
- Washington Post: Committed to Cleaning the 'Great Pacific Garbage Patch' -- Dec. 21, 2007
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- Berton, Justin. "Feds want to survey possibly clean up vast garbage pit in Pacific." The San Francisco Chronicle. Oct. 30, 2007.http://articles.sfgate.com/2007-10-30/news/17266687_1_great-pacific-garbage-patch-marine-debris-moore-s-estimatio
- Garbage Patch. Sea Studies Foundation.http://www.greatgarbagepatch.org/
- Erdman, Shelby Lin. "Scientists study 'garbage patch' in Pacific Ocean." CNN. Aug. 4, 2009.http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/science/08/04/pacific.garbage.patch/index.html
- Hoshaw, Lindsey. "Afloat in the Ocean, Expanding Islands of Trash." The New York Times. Nov. 9, 2009.http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/science/10patch.html
- Rindels, Michelle. "Great Pacific Garbage Patch Swells." Discovery News. Aug. 28, 2009.http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/08/28/pacific-garbage.html
- Silverman, Jacob. "Why is the world's biggest landfill in the Pacific Ocean?" HowStuffWorks.http://science.howstuffworks.com/great-pacific-garbage-patch.htm
- Stone, Daniel. "The Great Pacific Cleanup." Newsweek.http://www.newsweek.com/id/226308
