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

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

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.

The open ocean has new inhabitants ...

For years, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch was described primarily as a remote accumulation zone of floating plastic debris. Located within the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, this region gathers ...

A study published today in IOP Publishing’s journal Environmental Research Letters reveals that centimetre-sized plastic fragments are increasing much faster than larger floating plastics in the North ...