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"It's the size of North America. But although the patch itself is extremely large, it's only one very clear representation of the much bigger worldwide problem."
From 25 July to 23 September, 2001, in Kerala, India, red rain sporadically fell, staining clothes with an appearance similar to that of blood. Yellow, green, and black rain was also reported. The rains were the result of the atmospheric disintegration of a comet, according to a study conducted at the School of Pure and Applied Physics of the MG University by Dr Godfrey Louis and his student Santosh Kumar. The red rain cells were devoid of DNA which suggests their extra-terrestrial origin. The findings published in the international journal Astrophysics and Space Science state that the cometary fragment contained a dense collection of red cells.
Comment: The growing problem of trashing the world's oceans with toxic rubbish is clearly defined in the following article:
The world's rubbish dump: a garbage pit that stretches from Hawaii to Japan
The world's rubbish dump: a garbage pit that stretches from Hawaii to Japan
Plastic is believed to constitute 90 per cent of all rubbish floating in the oceans. The UN Environment Programme estimated in 2006 that every square mile of ocean contains 46,000 pieces of floating plastic.
Marcus Eriksen, a research director of the US-based Algalita Marine Research Foundation, which Mr Moore founded, said yesterday: Dr Eriksen said: Additional articles about the ocean being the 'Biggest Dump in the World':
What is the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch?
Pacific Ocean garbage patch worries researchers
Plastic trash vortex menaces Pacific sealife: study
Huge Garbage Patch Found in Atlantic Too