Floating in the North Pacific Ocean is a mountain of waste the size of France. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of two masses ... Designer Mario Kerkstra created the identity for the island, ...

Standing on the island's remote shoreline brings ... miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you probably contribute to.

However, unlike a true island, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not a solid mass, but rather a dense collection of floating pieces. In 2018, scientists from The Ocean Cleanup project estimated ...

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An estimated 1.15 to 2.41 trillion tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year and its pollution of the waters have impacted at least 267 species worldwide. This includes 44% of all seabird ...

Crew members of the Hawaiian Adventures Kona vessel Artemis recover a ghost net from waters off the Kona Coast on Feb. 6 during a whale watching tour. (Photo Courtesy: Hawaiian Adventures Kona) ...

trash. Victor Vescovo, a retired naval officer, said he made the unsettling discovery as he descended nearly 10,928 metres to a point in the Pacific Ocean's Mariana Trench that is the deepest ...