The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has long been described in terms of scale. In the waters between Hawaii and California, ...

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

Whether it is good news or bad news for the environment, the world’s largest garbage dumps are not on land — they are in the ocean. Attempts have already been made to clean them up, but so far, none ...

Imagine trillions of pieces of plastic debris that, if strung together end to end, would line every inch of coastline in the world at least three times over. That’s how much garbage researchers found ...

Efforts to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch might be a mistake. Here is why experts say skimming the surface could be disastrous for marine life.

For someone who gets violently seasick, Boyan Slat spends a lot of time thinking about the ocean. The Dutch inventor has designed the world’s first ocean plastic cleanup system but admits he won’t be ...