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 ...

Because of Hawai‘i’s location in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, ocean currents deliver to our shores plastic waste from around the world, and nearby is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

According to Alter Terra statistics, by sheer volume, plastic bottles make up 41 percent of all the trash that flows in from ...

"Given that more than 10 million tons of plastic waste from nearly 200 countries ... including the Pacific, where ocean currents and trade winds trap biodegradable debris. According to Ruiz ...

1. The North Pacific has a plastic trash problem that popularly goes by the name X. But contrary to what it suggests, the ...

And, as researchers discover plastic waste at the very deepest parts of ... located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. It stretches down nearly 36,100 feet (11,000 ...

But it was the first big test for a 1,000-foot-long boom designed to keep south-of-the-border trash from flowing into the U.S. and out to the Pacific Ocean ... that is plastics, oils and all ...

Straws have emerged as one of the leading contributors to the plastic pollution crisis, frequently appearing on beaches ...

Because of Hawai'i's location in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, ocean currents deliver to our shores plastic waste from around the world, and nearby is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.