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 ...

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

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 ...

As demand for more sustainable and environmentally friendly products goes mainstream, a large number of organizations and innovations are sprouting up to combat pollution. One of these nonprofit ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

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

Plastics have already led to the establishment of giant garbage patches in parts of the world's oceans, including the Pacific, where ocean currents and trade winds trap biodegradable debris.

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.

UH Manoa researchers discovered several species of fungi from Hawaii’s nearshore environment have the ability to degrade plastic, with some species conditioned to do it faster than others. Researchers ...

to interrogate whether invasive species are traversing the Pacific, possibly hitchhiking on debris, and feeding on neuston to fuel their voyage. The Ocean Cleanup crew has also collected samples for ...

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 ...

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.