One species’ trash is another’s treasure. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the Pacific Ocean is now home to dozens of species, and the floating plastic island emphasizes how human civilization can ...

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.

The Ocean Cleanup employs advanced technologies to tackle plastic pollution, targeting the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and ...

As plastic tumbles against itself, it fragments, and a new study shows those fragments don't stay in the water.

A new study published in Nature Climate Change found that colored microplastics suspended in the atmosphere may contribute more to global warming than previously understood, with some regions near ...

Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found across the globe. Efforts to ...

Whether it is good news or bad news for the environment, the world’s largest garbage dumps are not on land — they are in the ocean. Attempts have already been made to clean them up, but so far, none ...