Plastic waste sits in places like the North Pacific gyre.

塑料垃圾堆积在北太平洋环流等地方。

This and other gyres cover about twenty-five percent of the earth's surface.

太平洋环流和其他环流覆盖了地球表面约百分之二十五的面积。

A gyre is a big whirlpool that traps and moves the plastic in circles.

环流是指垃圾被困后呈环形运动的大漩涡。

The garbage is drawn together in circular ocean flows called gyres.

垃圾被聚集在被称为环流的环形洋流中。

The discovery of ocean gyres will revolutionize seafaring.

洋环流的发现将彻底改变上航行。

After a time, much of it goes to areas like the North Pacific gyre.

过了一段时间，其中大部分都会流向像北太平洋环流这样的地区。

Light beacons will alert the two dozen ships which cross the gyre each week to its presence.

灯光信标将提醒每周经过该环流的20艘船只，该设备的存在。

Dr Ryan's particular interest was where all the litter came from before it was swept into the gyre.

瑞恩特别感兴趣的是，在被卷入环流圈前，所有这些垃圾都是来自何处。

Since this time, Charles has visited the North Pacific gyre many times.

从那时起，查尔斯已经多次去北太平洋环流。

Finding waste is nothing new in the North Pacific gyre.

在北太平洋环流地区发现垃圾并不是什么新鲜事。

In the past, natural wastes in the gyre have biodegraded.

在过去，环流中的天然垃圾已经被生物降解。

This area is part of the North Pacific gyre.

这一区域是北太平洋环流的一部分。

These days plastic in one form or another is strewn on verges, clogs rivers and swirls around oceans in vast gyres.

如今，各种各样的塑料散落在路边草地上，堵塞了河流，在洋中形成巨大的漩涡。

If you're sitting becalmed in an ocean gyre, it feels like you're a painted ship on a painted ocean, nothing's happening.

如果你静静坐在洋环流之中，感觉就像身在画中静止不动 相安无事。

The North Pacific gyre is our next stop.

AZUZ：北太平洋环流是我们的下一站。

The winds push the ocean beneath them into the same rotating gyres.

风将它们下方的洋推入相同的旋转环流中。

Each of these gyres has unique characteristics and can influence climate and weather patterns.

每个环流都有独特的特征，并且可以影响气候和天气模式。

All gyres are located in the subtropical regions just above and below the equator.

所有环流都位于赤道上方和下方的副热带地区。

Surface currents are often organized into large circular patterns called gyres.

表层洋流常常组织成称为环流的大圆形模式。

Most of the plastic is located in the gyres.

大多数塑料位于环流中。