In celebration of World Aquatic Life Day, witness the impactful artistry of Washed Ashore's oceanic trash sculptures. This organization transforms ocean garbage into breathtaking, large-scale ...

Context: Though the photograph is authentic, it was captured in 2017 and shows a different patch of garbage off the coast of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea — not the Pacific Ocean. For years, social ...

The island is in the Caribbean Sea, not the Pacific Ocean, therefore it cannot be part of the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Thus, the above social media posts have miscaptioned the photo.

The Ocean Cleanup (TOC) project has announced the timeline and cost it would take to get the Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleaned up once and for all, using existing technology – 10 years and 7.5 ...

The Pacific Ocean has two large gyres filled with trash, and it's coming from us.

Science This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising amount of life from the coasts These marine animals are also are part of a larger ecosystem.

A surprising number of delicate, floating invertebrates, called neustons, are making the Great Pacific Garbage Patch home, according to data from a new study.

Patches of floating plastic are teeming with life, and cleanup companies hauling trash out of the water risk destroying a marine habitat.

Plastic debris swept through the seas by wind and waves has piled up in large areas of the North Pacific Ocean, collectively dubbed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” But on this raft of trash ...

"Here, we describe the first cetacean sightings made within the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch." A garbage collector floating through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Ocean Clean UP ...

Geographical boundaries for animals like crabs and anemones are shifting in the open sea thanks for floating plastic pollution.