Ocean currents work magic when they help ships navigate from one place to the other or bring rain. However, together with the Horse latitudes, they also have created a new continent as big as Africa and still expanding, which may never support life because it is plain garbage, dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/feature-article/dreaded-latitudes
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/mukta-rohra
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/planet-earth
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/environment
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-life
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/north-pacific-ocean
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-pacific-ocean
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/garbage
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/plastics
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-disposal
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ddt
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/pcbs
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/waste-management
[14] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/toxins
[15] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/marine-pollution