Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 90 percent of the plastics in the GPGP are microplastics. Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tiny fragments of plastic are able to become airborne and, once in our atmosphere, they may be having a worrying impact on global ...

Plastic in the ocean has long been treated as nothing more than a deadly pollutant. But scientists are now finding that for some marine animals, it has become something else entirely: a home. Floating ...

At twice the size of Texas, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is continuing to grow, posing as a serious threat to the environment and ocean life. According to The Ocean Cleanup, an organization ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Floating in the middle of the ocean is a giant collection of trash and debris that's come to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The accumulation of plastics, cans and ...

After 6 years of development and three years of extraction operations, The Ocean Cleanup declares the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can be eliminated Ocean Plastic pollution is one of the most urgent ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.

In the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii, hundreds of miles from any major city, plastic bottles, children’s toys, broken electronics, abandoned fishing nets and millions more fragments of ...

The Ocean Cleanup says they could have the Great Pacific Garbage Patch almost entirely eradicated in as little as five years, for a cost of $4 billion. Watch this video to see how much plastic they ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Floating in the middle of the ocean is a giant collection of trash and debris that's come to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The accumulation of plastics, cans and other ...