The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic waste, spanning an area twice the size of Texas. Composed mainly of plastic debris like toothbrushes, plates, and ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific, captured by four currents ...

Salvage crews on Monday were trying to refloat a large sailing ship that sank Sunday night while docked at the Oakland Estuary. The boat, part of an ocean cleanup project, is now presenting a cleanup ...

Explore shocking findings of microplastics in fish from Lake Ontario. Discover the impact on Great Lakes ecosystems.

The Kaisei has been on three separate expeditions to monitor and report on the vast and growing vortex of trash known as the ...

EXCLUSIVE: “There will be no such thing as plastic waste — only untapped energy," Said Julian Brown. Okay...you have our attention!

If the river can clean itself, then why should we ... when he announced a grand plan to sweep up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a collection of loose marine debris, much of it plastic, that ...

A map of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Photo courtesy of The Ocean Cleanup ... streamline technology that better identifies, tracks, and cleans up ocean plastics. Right now, The Ocean Cleanup has ...

A new analysis found that ingesting plastic can disrupt proteins that facilitate key functions in seabirds—the latest in a ...

Pacific Beach Town Council meeting attendees heard about graffiti clean-up, lifeguard staffing and police shooting of ...