Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...

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 ...

Discover the shocking truth about the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) and the real culprits behind ocean pollution. This ...

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

SAUSALITO, Calif. (KGO) -- Nearly every day cargo ships arrive here in the Bay Area, carrying everything from cars to consumer goods. But one ship that just docked in Sausalito is delivering cargo ...

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 ...

Far away from California's coast, where the Pacific Ocean currents swirl, the blue of the sea was replaced by fishing nets, buckets, buoys, laundry baskets and unidentifiable pieces of plastic that ...

It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s becoming something else. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where no ...