By Edward Carver Fishing vessels can often work long periods at sea without coming to port, thanks to the practice of ...

The WC-135R atmospheric collection aircraft fleet routinely conducts air-sampling missions globally, including over the Far ...

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

Ocean waves, particularly long-period swells ... from an extremely intense low pressure system in the North Pacific in ...

In June 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Ocean Service said the term paints an inaccurate picture of the marine debris problem in the North Pacific Ocean.

All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The largest one has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic ...