They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...
A study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals that centimeter-sized plastic fragments are increasing much ...
An analysis of the trash vortex's composition revealed a clear increase in the presence of plastic microparticles between ...
The researchers collaborated with the Ocean Voyages Institute to collect ... in an area of the open ocean dubbed "the Great Pacific Garbage Patch". Many of the creatures are coastal species ...
Predictions suggest a build-up of about 80,000 tonnes of plastic in the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch ... Ocean Cleanup Foundation Modelled mass concentration of plastic in the area The use of ...
Without fanfare, The Ocean Cleanup recently completed its 100th trawl of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, removing almost one million pounds of plastic refuse from the area since launching its ...