Garbage mountains rising above the sea. A thick crust of filth coating the ocean’s surface. It’s easy to find striking images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP).

To matter, cleanups need to be big. Scientists make key discovery about cleanup of giant floating 'garbage patch' in ocean: 'More vulnerable' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Oceans are becoming a dumping ground for our waste, forming large garbage patches. The Ellen MacArthur Foundation warns that ...

Researchers find Great Pacific garbage patch teeming with life By Spencer Christian and Tim Didion, KGO Monday, May 1, 2023 ...

Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found across the globe. Efforts to ...

Sausalito-based recovery ship KWAI collected over 96 tons of plastic materials from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch after a month-long voyage.

Great Pacific Garbage Patch brings 81 tons of trash to Kauai beaches By Olivia Harden, Travel Reporter Updated Aug 6, 2025 9:49 a.m.

Can animals live in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Marine biologist Linsey Haram hosts the first episode of Nature Brain, the videos that deliver weird and surprising science to your brain in 2 ...

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 ...

A massive stretch in the Pacific Ocean known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. VIDEO: How one Bay Area team is responding to increasing threat of plastic pollution to world's oceans ...

Can animals live in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch? Marine biologist Linsey Haram hosts the first episode of Nature Brain, the videos that deliver weird and surprising science to your brain in 2 ...