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

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

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

The open ocean has new inhabitants ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...