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 ...

The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" is actually a misnomer. In June 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's ...

The world now discards 250 million pounds of clothes, 220 aluminum cans and three million tires every day — but it’s plastics ...

The fallout from the North Sea oil tanker collision on March 10 may have you reflecting on other significant man-made ...

Scientists have captured photos of litter at the bottom of the Calypso Deep, a trench 16,771ft (5,112m) below the surface of ...

Campen had not been surprised when the water samples they collected from around Albuquerque, where they lived, were full of ...

Disturbingly, the Patch is not a floating island of rubbish ... These microplastics make up a staggering 94% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, according to the WorldWildlife Fund.

From a bag of human hands to LEGO bricks and rubber duckies, some very weird things have washed up on the world's beaches.

But the Mediterranean has become Europe's deepest garbage dump ... located in the western Pacific Ocean, to the east of the Mariana Islands. It stretches down nearly 36,100 feet (11,000 metres ...