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 ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN ... according to Brown. The Eastern Island is now littered with tiny fragments of plastic. The birds die and decay, but the plastic inside them stays ...

The tiny island is in the path of the South Pacific Gyre - an ocean current. This is why it accumulates as much as 17 tonnes of plastic rubbish. Henderson Island is a World Heritage Listed site ...

triangular structure in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. At the time, the mysterious object, which was widely referred to as a "black hole," sparked wild rumors online. However, it was quickly ...

Beach pollution is a pressing global issue, with numerous shorelines suffering from contamination due to human activit ...

Endangered wildlife like Hawaiian monk seals and Pacific loggerhead sea turtles are among nearly 700 species that eat and get caught in plastic litter. It's time to get at the root of this ocean ...

Flesh-footed shearwaters, large, sooty brown seabirds that nest on islands off the ... of seabirds ingesting plastic were 74 Laysan albatross chicks found on a Pacific atoll in 1966, when plastic ...

This vast ocean ... plastic is present, and yet, no country accepts responsibility. According to a study from the "Nature" journal published in 2022, the majority of the plastic in the Great ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN ... according to Brown. The Eastern Island is now littered with tiny fragments of plastic. The birds die and decay, but the plastic inside them stays ...