Study demonstrates how microplastic particles differ across the Atlantic Ocean. The waters of the North Atlantic gyre contain significantly greater quantities of plastic—composed of polymers ...

Synthetic microplastic abundance and composition along a longitudinal gradient traversing the subtropical gyre in the North Atlantic Ocean. Marine Pollution Bulletin , 2022; 185: 114371 DOI: 10. ...

Within the Atlantic Ocean is the world’s only sea without shores, its borders defined by the currents of the North Atlantic gyre. The Sargasso Sea takes its name from sargassum, a free-floating ...

The longest data series on plastic in the open sea was collected by the student-sailor-scientists of the Sea Education Association (SEA). SEA runs the Sea Semester, where undergraduate and high school ...

Researchers have fortuitously discovered that Gulf Stream eddies are rich in iron, and these eddies transport this essential micronutrient to the iron-poor North Atlantic Gyre. Before this ...

Four currents-the Gulf Stream, North Atlantic Current, Canary Current, and North Atlantic Equatorial Current-unite to form a rotating ocean current system known as the North Atlantic Gyre.

Life in the North Atlantic depends on this floating seaweed. Sargassum plants are a nuisance on some beaches, but they are a shelter and a feast for a complex and amazing variety of marine life.

Study demonstrates how microplastic particles differ across the Atlantic Ocean. The waters of the North Atlantic gyre contain significantly greater quantities of plastic—composed of polymers ...