Retired oceanographer Curt Ebbesmeyer and his colleague tracked thousands of plastic toys that fell off a freighter during a storm to map current patterns. Their work leads them to an unbelievable discovery; a mass of swirling garbage in the North Atlantic as large as the state of Texas. <br /><br />Tune in to WIRED SCIENCE on your local PBS station (check local listings). For more information, visit <a class="link" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.pbs.org/wiredscience">http://www.pbs.org/wiredscience</a>
