All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The largest one has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic ...

As we crossed the Pacific Ocean, I saw the amount of plastic ... The mood shifts on board as the extent of plastic pollution starts to sink in. On this trip, when we put the trawl through the ...

Fiji has shown that even small nations can lead in environmental sustainability. By fostering partnerships, advocating for stronger global regulations, and inspiring innovation, the Pacific can forge ...

A new study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals a disturbing trend in the North Pacific ... conducted by The Ocean Cleanup between 2015 and 2022, found that plastic fragments ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity ... considered the five worst offenders when it comes to plastic pollution, according to a study published in Science, and ...

including the formation of the infamous “7th continent” – a massive accumulation of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean. The scale of this pollution is alarming : ・Two-thirds of plastic ...

Nesting on the barren islands of South Georgia, they feed their young by scouring thousands of miles of ocean for squid ... chicks in Antarctica die from plastic pollution every year – it's ...

holding 99.8% of plastic pollution. The tiny island is in the path of the South Pacific Gyre - an ocean current. This is why it accumulates as much as 17 tonnes of plastic rubbish. Henderson ...

And one study estimates that 90% of seabirds have consumed some form of plastic waste. All that pollution on beaches and in the ocean is harmful to both marine life and humans. So Adidas is trying ...

Plastic pollution combined with ocean acidification hinders the development of Antarctic krill in the Southern Ocean, research published in Marine Frontiers reveals. Antarctic krill (Euphausia ...