At twice the size of Texas, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is continuing to grow, posing as a serious threat to the ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch now holds tens of thousands of tons of plastic pieces, along with dozens of species that call ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics are so small and lightweight they can be swept into the air, where they may be helping to heat up the planet, new research finds ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 90 percent of the plastics in the GPGP are microplastics. Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk.

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A study published today in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters reveals that centimetre-sized plastic fragments are increasing much faster than larger floating plastics in the North ...

In the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, the vast rotating current system between California and Hawaii, floating objects tend ...