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 ...

The Ocean Cleanup is fighting against this accumulation. In 2024, the foundation removed 11.5 million kilos of garbage from the world’s oceans and rivers. They even put a price tag on cleaning up 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 ...

The North Pacific subarctic-subtropical boundary region is an important sink for atmospheric CO₂, with high annual influx relative to surrounding waters and large seasonal variability. The location of ...

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