In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sometimes the object spotted in the water is a snarled fishing line. Or a buoy. Or something that might once have been the lid to an ice box. Not once — not yet at least ...

A relatively uncharted island entirely made of trash, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an enigma. Still, reducing its size is an even bigger mystery. The Ocean Cleanup is an organization using ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Researchers returned on Sunday from mapping and sampling a massive swirling cluster of trash floating in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, as the Dutch-borne crew works to ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now flourishing with marine life. On Monday, scientists revealed that a diverse array of coastal species are thriving in a "floating community composition," which is ...

Welcome to episode two of NPR Short Wave's summer series, Sea Camp! Today, we linger at the surface and revisit an episode about an ocean conundrum: Trash from humans is constantly spilling into the ...

LOS ANGELES — A tawny stuffed puppy bobs in cold sea water, his four stiff legs tangled in the green net of some nameless fisherman. It’s one of the bigger pieces of trash in a sprawling mass of ...

Translucent, fragile marine creatures that drift through the sea are riding the motion of the ocean to a destination that's infamous as a home for trash: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ocean surface ...

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Rohnert Park’s Resynergi will use the money to boost productivity in turning trash into a type of fuel that can be refined or blended to make other products. Resynergi CEO Brian Bauer has longed for ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Old toothbrushes, beach toys and used condoms are part of a vast vortex of plastic trash in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, threatening sea creatures that get tangled in it, ...

Trash from humans is constantly spilling into the ocean — so much so that there are five gigantic garbage patches in the seas. They hang out at the nexus of the world's ocean currents, changing shape ...