While a beautiful beach sunset can be stunning, a spectacular scene isn't the only benefit the oceans offer. Without the oceans, we wouldn't have enough oxygen to breathe or enough protein to eat. The Earth's climate would not be habitable for humans and many animals. The oceans provide medicine, food and clean water from ocean processes. Among the five oceans, the Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest ocean in the world. It covers an area of ​​165.2 million square kilometers. More than 25,000 islands float in the Pacific. In the Pacific Ocean lies an unusual island, one more than twice the size of Texas and home to the largest landfill on the planet, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (McLendon). Society is unaware that the excessive use of plastic and other non-biodegradable materials has ended up in the middle of the Pacific Ocean and is the main source of ocean pollution. Solutions, ranging from manual cleaning to removing any subsequent obliteration of the Garbage Patch, will reduce the amount of effluence the world has to endure. Accumulating plastic bags, bottles and other debris, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch forms a tenuous waste site. hovering over the North Pacific Ocean (McLendon). The floating debris extends for hundreds of kilometers (McLendon). Located between Japan and California, the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, one of six major ocean gyres, collects waste along a belt that connects the Eastern Waste Zone and the Western Waste Zone (McLendon). These garbage patches are two rotating vortices that make up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (McLendon). Although scientists don't know a plethora of information about the waste patch, they concluded...... middle of paper..... .“America's Living Ocean”). Works Cited “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch – The Environmental Horror in the Pacific Ocean.” » Save the environment. Np, and Web. May 17, 2010.McLendon, Russell. “What is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?” » Mother Nature Network. Np, February 24, 2010. Web. April 23, 2010. NOAA Marine Debris Program. “Demystifying the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” » Marine debris. Np, and Web. April 26, 2010.Rastogi, Nina. “Marine waste”. The Green Lantern (February 2010): n. page. Internet. April 23, 2010. “Scientists to examine floating landfill. » Science News (August 2009): n. page. Internet. April 23, 2010. Silverman, Jacob. “Why is the world's largest landfill in the Pacific Ocean? How it works. Np, and Web. April 23, 2010. Wheeler, Drew. “Journey to the center of the trash”. Scuba Drew's Trash Trip. AlphaBytes IT services, and Web. May 17 2010.