Our oceans have effectively become trash dumps where massive quantities of plastic end up. So much so, in fact, that the largest offshore plastic accumulation zone has been labeled the Great Pacific ...

The water around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is turning more cyan, new research shows — a change visible from space.

In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, a wide patch of water has become significantly bluer and greener.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an area in the Pacific Ocean where debris naturally accumulates, is full of tiny bits of ...

Scientists now suspect that some of the ocean’s tiniest pollutants may be responsible. A new study suggests that microscopic ...

Data from the past 20 years shows an increase in the brightness of blue and green wavelengths in the Great Pacific Garbage ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not a solid island of trash. It is a broad area where ocean currents concentrate debris, ...

Satellite observations from 2002–2022 showed increased blue and green ocean brightness near the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, ...

July 12, 2023 – In a study appearing today in Nature, the team writes that they have detected changes in ocean color over the past two decades that cannot be explained by natural, year-to-year ...

Plastic debris floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Ocean. (The Ocean Cleanup) There's a monster ...

Analysis of satellite data between 2002 and 2022 showed a cyan tint that appears best explained by an increased concentration ...