In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

The 600-meter-long structure will tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch—a huge buildup of trash floating between California and Hawaii—but not everyone thinks it will work.

Scientists map ocean currents to trap floating trash and plastic debris, improving cleanup efforts of the Great Pacific ...

Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found across the globe. Efforts to ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean, is becoming an ever more serious environmental problem. Studies carried out by The Ocean Cleanup organisation ...