The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has long been described in terms of scale. In the waters between Hawaii and California, inside the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, debris drifts into a broad ...

That really doesn't bode well.

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

Efforts to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch might be a mistake. Here is why experts say skimming the surface could be disastrous for marine life.

In Hawaii, a volunteer cleanup crew is hauling more junk off Kauai’s beaches than ever before. In the 2024 Surfrider Foundation report, the nonprofit reported that its volunteers had removed more than ...

Can animals live in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Marine biologist Linsey Haram hosts the first episode of Nature Brain, the videos that deliver weird and surprising science to your brain in 2 ...