Marine litter is a major environmental problem. Abandoned containers and fishing gear can trap or strangle animals, and plastic waste can break down into microplastics, which can release chemicals ...

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Far below the ocean’s surface, tiny plastic fragments are accumulating in thick, drifting clouds that rival any garbage patch ...

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Welcome to episode two of NPR Short Wave's summer series, Sea Camp! Today, we linger at the surface and revisit an episode about an ocean conundrum: Trash from humans is constantly spilling into the ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or GPGP for short, isn't exactly what you might have heard. It's not a floating garbage land-mass twice the size of Texas that you can settle, even though it kind of ...

Ocean Legacy has a task not even Sisyphean would envy: picking up, sorting and recycling the vast amount of plastic that ends up on our shores. Nick Gammon / Alamy This article is from Hakai Magazine, ...

HULL, Mass. (WWLP) – A unique and thought-provoking art installation made entirely from ocean trash is now on permanent display at the Lillian M. Jacobs School in Hull. The exhibit, which depicts ...

First system to be tested at sea, hopes to help "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." The Ocean Cleanup, the Dutch foundation developing advanced technologies to rid the oceans of plastic, unveiled its North ...