The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has long been described in terms of scale. In the waters between Hawaii and California, inside the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, debris drifts into a broad ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

SAUSALITO, Calif. (KGO) -- Nearly every day cargo ships arrive here in the Bay Area, carrying everything from cars to consumer goods. But one ship that just docked in Sausalito is delivering cargo ...

Imagine trillions of pieces of plastic debris that, if strung together end to end, would line every inch of coastline in the world at least three times over. That’s how much garbage researchers found ...

Did you know that most of the discarded garbage ends up in the oceans, forming garbage patches? Environmentalists from the ...

A new plan aims to clean more than 80% of the North Pacific Garbage Patch - the ocean's largest floating plastic garbage ...

The Ocean Cleanup is putting the call out to competitors taking part in the Pacific Cup to contribute to the advancement of ...