Microplastics and nanoplastics are so small and lightweight they can be swept into the air, where they may be helping to heat ...

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Recent research on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is reshaping how scientists and the public understand ocean pollution.

This Ocean Cleanup System Aims To Collect 50 Tons Of Plastic. But Then What? Area Of Plastic In The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Three Times The Size Of France The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Eve ...

A new study published in Nature Climate Change found that colored microplastics suspended in the atmosphere may contribute ...

We've all seen the photos of attractive sea turtles sipping ocean cocktails through nose-straws, and the outlines of ocean bird bodies filled in with a colourful collage of bottle caps, but the true ...

The open ocean has new inhabitants ...

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 ...

There's an 80,000-ton monster lurking in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California and it's still getting bigger, NBC News reported. Arguably more frightening than any shark, the Great Pacific ...

New research shows that colored microplastics suspended in the atmosphere can trap heat, with hotspots over ocean garbage patches producing warming effects greater than black carbon locally. The ...

The real problem is that the plastic isn't just large pieces of debris like bottles and discarded fishing nets.