They were able to isolate the fungus from floating plastic debris found in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, colloquially ...

He was part of the team which discovered the first ocean "garbage patch" in the North Pacific gyre in 1997 and has now turned his attention to the South Pacific. Although plastic is known to occur ...

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 ...

scientists published their latest estimate of the size of what's officially termed the North Pacific Gyre - this moving mess of plastic is better known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and is ...

A vast patch of floating plastics garbage extending for thousands of square kilometres in a remote area of the North Atlantic has ... similar to the so called Pacific Garbage Patch, which was ...

Microplastics are one of the biggest pollution issues facing the human race. They have been found to pose a serious health risk to humans and are increasingly becoming the most problematic ...

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 ...

a nonprofit that's raised millions of dollars to put into action a plan that Slat devised to help clean the massive Pacific garbage gyre, an area of the ocean where swirling currents cause plastic ...