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

In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we find out how abandoned fishing gear in the oceans is getting turned into ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic waste, spanning an area twice the size of Texas. Composed mainly of plastic debris like toothbrushes, plates ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a massive collection of marine debris, is now estimated to be twice the size of Texas!" Other iterations of the photo appeared in 2021 and throughout 2024.

The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is actually a misnomer. In June 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Ocean Service said the term paints an inaccurate picture ...

The cliche goes that one should avoid meeting one's heroes, as there's always a chance that the flesh-and-blood person might not live up to expectations. While I've never met Boyan Slat, I'd gladly ...

What makes the Great Pacific Garbage Patch so great? And I have to admit that while it is nothing like those other great world monuments, the Great Wall of China and the Great Barrier Reef.

In 1997 Captain Charles Moore was sailing from Hawaii to California when he noticed a steady stream of plastics bobbing in the ocean. He had discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Captain Charles Moore discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1997 (Credit: Algalita Marine Research and Education) This makes visualising the patch difficult.