What is Gyre? A Basic Definition

Gyre \Gyre\ (j[imac]r), n. [L. gyrus, Gr. gy^ros, cf. gyro`s
   round.]
   A circular motion, or a circle described by a moving body; a
   turn or revolution; a circuit.
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         Quick and more quick he spins in giddy gyres. --Dryden.
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         Still expanding and ascending gyres.     --Mrs.
                                                  Browning.
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Off-site Gyre Links, User Submitted

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Tue Nov 18

• Gyre " reviews " PureGrainAudio .com

Fri Nov 14

• The Second Coming by William Butler Yeats

Thu Nov 6

• No More Plastic Bags: ENN
• Plastic bags are killing us | Salon News: Northern Pacific Gyre,

Tue Nov 4

• WHOI : People : Benjamin Van Mooy: biogeochemical cycling in picoplankton gyres

Sun Oct 19

• Microwiki Sargasso sea

Tue Oct 14

• What a Lot of Rubbish!: Marcus and Joel, two super eco dudes from Southern California, decided to sail across the Pacific Ocean on a junk raft made from plastic bottles and recycled sailboat masts. Marcus? fiancé Anna (get this, they were engaged in the Gyre on their last journey) stayed on shore to tell everyone about it.

Tue Oct 7

• Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sat Oct 4

• Trashed: Across the Pacific Ocean, Plastics, Plastics, Everywhere ...: Human Impacts on the North Pacific
• The trash vortex | Greenpeace International: A literal, and comic example of how shopping literally changed our world: via the huge amounts of waste it produces. The animations show the Pacific Trash Vortex- a massive accumulation of waste produced by ocean currents.

Fri Sep 19

• Oceanic gyre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Wed Sep 10

• The trash vortex | Greenpeace International

Fri Sep 5

• The Second Coming by W.B. Yeats - poetry on 'The Beckoning'

Off-site Gyre Research Links

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