Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A French long-distance swimmer dove into the Great Pacific Garbage Patch to show the negative — and massive — affects of single ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

A study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution found 484 marine invertebrates accounting for 46 different species in the "garbage vortex" that floats between California and Hawaii The Great Pacific ...

It will be an ocean voyage to the least glamorous of destinations - a floating garbage dump in the middle of the Pacific. "I had no idea what a problem it was, and that's when I decided it was ...

When people swim in Lake Erie, they're frolicking not just among perch and walleye but a vast, inanimate presence of garbage. This material floats just beneath the surface and is made of little bits ...

The North Pacific Gyre — a whirlpool of ocean currents covering millions of square miles — is so full of trash that it’s often referred to as the “Great Pacific garbage patch,” or more precisely, the ...

The 151-foot vessel Kaisei is back in the Bay Area after its exploration of a vortex of floating plastic garbage 1,000 miles out in the Pacific Ocean. The ship left Sausalito Aug. 4 to capture some of ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now flourishing with marine life. On Monday, scientists revealed that a diverse array of coastal species are thriving in a "floating community composition," which is ...