Did you know that most of the discarded garbage ends up in the oceans, forming garbage patches? Environmentalists from the ...

For this second installment of the Sea Camp series, we explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It's the largest of five ...

The garbage patch off the Pacific coast of the United States is so large that it’s become its own thriving ecosystem. A team of researchers has discovered that coastal species, in addition to ...

What makes the Great Pacific Garbage Patch so great? And I have to admit that while it is nothing like those other great world monuments, the Great Wall of China and the Great Barrier Reef.

Coastal species have been found living on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the middle of the ocean, according to a study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution journal.

The Ocean Cleanup says they could have the Great Pacific Garbage Patch almost entirely eradicated in as little as five years, for a cost of $4 billion. Watch this video to see how much plastic ...

Abandoned nets, ropes and other plastic garbage are pulled out of the ocean at the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP), located halfway between Hawaii and California.

Addressing the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not just the responsibility of coastal nations or organizations focused on marine environments—it requires global collaboration.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now flourishing with marine life. On Monday, scientists revealed that a diverse array of coastal species are thriving in a "floating community composition ...

Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Now So Vast That Sea Creatures Have Turned It Into a Home A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution found 484 marine invertebrates accounting for 46 different ...

The team gathered 105 pieces of floating plastic debris in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre—home of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch —in 2018 and 2019.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is testament to the big amounts of plastic waste that humans generate. As we continue to throw, the patch continues to grow.