In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer Caroline Power captured the picture, which shows a large area ...

Barry Rosenthal started collecting plastic garbage ... mass of color emerges. These objects have little in common beyond their shades of white—and their slow degradation by ocean waves, harsh ...

In 2024 The Ocean Cleanup reports that they've removed over 24 million pounds of trash from the world's oceans and waterways. Needless to say, that's a staggeringly impressive number. "This total ...

However, unlike a true island, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not a solid mass, but rather a dense collection of floating pieces. In 2018, scientists from The Ocean Cleanup project estimated ...

All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The largest one has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic ...

Students at Lillian M. Jacobs School in Hull turned ocean trash into an art installation. The project began with sixth graders collecting over 40 bags of trash from a local beach. Art teachers and ...