Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...
It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s ...
SAUSALITO, Calif. (KGO) -- Nearly every day cargo ships arrive here in the Bay Area, carrying everything from cars to consumer goods. But one ship that just docked in Sausalito is delivering cargo ...
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Center for Marine Debris Research (CMDR) at HPU has launched the state’s first Plastic Recycling Research Facility. The goal of the new facility is to get marine debris out of ...
More than 90 percent of the plastics in the GPGP are microplastics. Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk. Garbage mountains rising above the sea. A thick crust of filth coating the ...
A mass of plastic in the Pacific Ocean, increasing tenfold each decade since 1945, is now the size of Texas and killing everything in its wake. Each hour North Americans consume and discard about 2.75 ...