Earth.com

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so large it is home to dozens of species of life, prompting debate over cleanup efforts

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch now holds tens of thousands of tons of plastic pieces, along with dozens of species that call ...
AZoCleantech

The Largest Ocean Cleanup in History: How It Works and Why It Matters

The Ocean Cleanup employs advanced technologies to tackle plastic pollution, targeting the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and ...

Douglas Coupland explores impact of plastic waste in oceans in new Vancouver Aquarium exhibit

Plastic and its impacts on the world's oceans are at the centre of a new Douglas Coupland art exhibit at the Vancouver Aquarium. The display, Vortex, is constructed from plastic trash that has washed ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a plastic trash nightmare. It could also be part of a much bigger, hidden problem

Microplastics and nanoplastics are so small and lightweight they can be swept into the air, where they may be helping to heat up the planet, new research finds ...
THE WEEK

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now a thriving ecosystem

One species’ trash is another’s treasure. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean is now home to dozens of species, and the floating plastic island emphasizes how human civilization can ...
Scientific American

Ocean garbage patches are not growing, so where is all that plastic going?

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Researchers have been visiting locations in ...

THE OCEAN cleanup

This Ocean Cleanup System Aims To Collect 50 Tons Of Plastic. But Then What? Area Of Plastic In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Three Times The Size Of France The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Eve ...