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Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Now Twice the Size of Texas

Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Now Twice the Size of Texas

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) floating off the coast of California now measures 1.6 million square kilometers (about 1 million square miles), according to a startling new study. To put that into perspective, the clump of trash is about the size of three Frances, or twice the size of Texas. Not only that, the […]

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    Bill Nye and Netflix Team Up to ‘Save the World’

    Bill Nye and Netflix Team Up to ‘Save the World’

    With a rough 2016 officially behind us, and a foreboding 2017 ahead, maybe we all need a good dose of 1990’s nostalgia. This Spring, Bill Nye will make his long-awaited return to our screens with his new Netflix show, Bill Nye Saves the World. The Science Guy and his band of correspondents—model Karlie Kloss, Xploration […]