The open ocean has new inhabitants ...

The real problem is that the plastic isn't just large pieces of debris like bottles and discarded fishing nets.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

Ocean currents are pulling plastics into a new garbage patch in Arctic waters. Seventy-nine thousand tons of plastic debris, in the form of 1.8 trillion pieces, now occupy an area three times the size ...

There's an 80,000-ton monster lurking in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California and it's still getting bigger, NBC News reported. Arguably more frightening than any shark, the Great Pacific ...

Imagine trillions of pieces of plastic debris that, if strung together end to end, would line every inch of coastline in the world at least three times over. That’s how much garbage researchers found ...

Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup ...

Engineers set to sea Saturday to deploy a trash collection device to corral plastic litter floating between California and Hawaii in an attempt to clean up the world's largest garbage patch in the ...

In Hawaii, a volunteer cleanup crew is hauling more junk off Kauai’s beaches than ever before. In the 2024 Surfrider Foundation report, the nonprofit reported that its volunteers had removed more than ...