of fishing nets and consumer plastics from the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone (more commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or Gyre). The Pacific Gyre, located halfway ...

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

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

The great Pacific garbage patch is believed to have the size of the state of Texas In a part of the ocean known as the North Pacific Gyre, human-produced plastic has increased 100-fold over the ...

The large amount of debris that has accumulated in this area has given the North Pacific Gyre the nickname “the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” Most of the marine debris in the ocean is not ...

mainly due to its location in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre—a massive system of rotating ocean currents. This current ...