Many of the creatures are coastal species, living miles from their usual habitats, on a patch halfway between ... floating debris to accumulate - in the Pacific. Lead researcher Dr Linsey Haram ...
A documentary about an all-female crew's journey through an area of ocean dubbed "the Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is set for release this month. Eleanor Church, 41, from Colchester, sailed with ...
Charles Moore, an ocean researcher credited with discovering the Pacific garbage patch in 1997, said the Atlantic undoubtedly has comparable amounts of plastic. The east coast of the United States ...
The sailor has come across the Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch, one of the two Great Pacific Garbage patches that sprawl a total of over 1.6 million square kilometres — half the size of India!