Eventually, most of it ends up in one of five known major swirling patches of garbage. These are known ... have released buoys into the sea to track ocean current. In this visualization, they ...

Amid vast, swirling currents, 170 trillion microplastic particles drift unseen through our oceans, creating hidden patches of ...

These microplastics make up a staggering 94% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, according to the WorldWildlife ... though ...

"The planet is pretty big, it turns out," Boyan said. "There's about 1,000 rivers we need to tackle and five ocean garbage patches, [so] the first few years were really about trying to understand ...

The Ocean Cleanup, a Netherlands-based company, says the Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be eliminated within the next five ...

The researchers collaborated with the Ocean Voyages Institute to collect ... an area of the open ocean dubbed "the Great Pacific Garbage Patch". Many of the creatures are coastal species, living ...

Rising plastic pollution in the North Pacific Garbage Patch demands global action and innovative solutions to protect our ...

Can new technology help us reverse the effects of climate change? The fate of humanity might lie in some of these ...

A new study in the North Pacific Garbage Patch indicates a rapid increase in small plastic fragments, outpacing the ...

An analysis of the trash vortex's composition revealed a clear increase in the presence of plastic microparticles between ...

These microplastics make up a staggering 94% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, according to ... AI and drones could keep it to five. It won’t be cheap. Ocean Cleanup reckons it will cost ...