Scientists studying a giant collection of plastic trash floating in the middle of the open ocean have found some unexpected inhabitants: dozens of marine species that usually stick close to the coast.

A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized by coastal life that was thriving right next to species that normally live in the open sea.

An estimated 100,000 tons of floating plastic polluting 620,000 ... profit group The Ocean Cleanup to tackle the seemingly insurmountable task of removing plastic debris from the ...

Cleaning up the Great Pacific garbage patch 01:38. The accumulated floating plastic known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 620,000 square miles — nearly twice the size of Texas. One group ...

There's an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of trash in the garbage patch, according to Conservation.org, which also projects that by 2050, the mass of ocean trash from plastic will outweigh its fish.

The patch, which is floating between Hawaii and California, contains 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic weighing more than 80,000 metric tons. That’s equivalent to 250 pieces of debris for every ...

The majority of plastic that pollutes our planet’s oceans doesn’t float on the surface, but rather underneath the waves.This makes tracking and monitoring the problematic trash using ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a vast marine debris vortex, is being tackled by The Ocean Cleanup’s innovative technologies. Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson explains.

A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized by coastal life that was thriving right next to species that normally live in the open sea.

Science | NPR This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising amount of life from the coasts. A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized ...

Scientists studying a giant collection of plastic trash floating in the middle of the open ocean have found some unexpected inhabitants: dozens of marine species that usually stick close to the coast.

Scientists studying a giant collection of plastic trash floating in the middle of the open ocean have found some unexpected inhabitants: dozens of marine species that usually stick close to the ...