The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is estimated to have 100,000 tons of plastic in the North Pacific Ocean, but despite ...

Did you know that most of the discarded garbage ends up in the oceans, forming garbage patches? Environmentalists from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation British fund have even calculated that if garbage ...

For this second installment of the Sea Camp series, we explore the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. It's the largest of five ...

Synopsis: Between the state of California and Hawaiæi lies the great Pacific garbage patch. It is 1.6 million square kilometers in area, which is twice the state of Texas and three times the size of ...

The gray whale population off the North American Pacific Coast has plummeted, according to a new report. Local whale watching operators have noticed this decline.

The National Hurricane Center said June 26 a system in the Pacific Ocean could become a tropical depression in the coming days.

The 600-foot Morning Midas was carrying about 3,000 vehicles when it began to burn June 3 near Adak Island. The crew evacuated without injuries.

Cargo ship carrying new vehicles to Mexico sinks in the North Pacific weeks after catching fire The ship was loaded with about 3,000 new vehicles intended for a major Pacific port in Mexico ...

Trains on Metra's Union Pacific-North line were running with delays Monday morning due to emergency track repairs in Evanston and a broken down inbound train near Fort Sheridan.

Helga Huntley, Ph.D., an assistant professor in the College of Science & Mathematics at Rowan University, has co-authored a groundbreaking new study evaluating the environmental impact of large-scale ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is opening the North America Trek, a series of trails through eight immersive habitats. Zoombezi Bay, the zoo's water park, will open the Conservation Tower, a three ...