Scientists map ocean currents to trap floating trash and plastic debris, improving cleanup efforts of the Great Pacific ...
North and South Atlantic and Indian Ocean. In the middle of these gyres, plastic trash has accumulated into huge “garbage patches” that act as “giant blenders - shredders that eviscerate ...
The plastic garbage, on the other hand, had a relatively effortless journey to Henderson. The island sits near the center of the South Pacific Gyre, an ocean current that sweeps up debris carried ...
Plastic waste and the challenge of getting rid of it have become major global issues. On top of that, there's the ongoing ...
On average, these little particles could reduce photosynthesis in plants and algae by up to 12 percent, according to the paper ...
The tiny plastic particles have been found in the ocean breeze, soil and even our ... a marine scientist at the 5 Gyres Institute, a nonprofit focused on reducing plastic pollution, to Joanna ...
“While filming content for another project out at sea, we found ourselves at times amidst vast gyres of ocean plastic stretching from horizon to horizon; we knew at that point that we had to tell the ...
Beach pollution is a pressing global issue, with numerous shorelines suffering from contamination due to human activities. This pollution not only degrades natural beauty but also poses ...
this vast accumulation of marine debris is primarily composed of plastic waste, discarded fishing gear and microplastics. It has formed due to the North Pacific Gyre (NPG), a system of ocean ...