The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is it? Using the map below, click ...

A new area equivalent in size to Sweden has been mapped in the Arctic Ocean, contributing to the project's aim to map global ...

Sea turtles are incredible cute creatures that also know their way around a map, at least a magnetic “map” in the oceans they traverse through their lives. That’s according to new research published ...