As plastic waste continues to grow, so does the trash that's accumulating in the Pacific Ocean. Two huge floating islands of garbage are taking up hundreds of thousands of square miles of real ...

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer Caroline Power captured the picture, which shows a large area of trash off the ...

Travel Bucketlist. The Most Remote Inhabited Island: Pitcairn Island, Pacific Ocean. Posted: March 19, 2025 | Last updated: March 26, 2025. Discover the hidden gem of the Pacific! 🏝️ Pitcairn ...

A dramatic transformation is taking place in the South Pacific, where a newly formed volcanic island is emerging from the ocean. Located in Tonga’s Home Reef, this growing landmass is the result ...

The Pacific Ocean’s seabed is rich in critical metals such as cobalt and nickel. Yet deep-sea mining of these materials, which are used in many technologies, threatens the region. If mining goes ...

Ocean cleanup crews have fished out the most trash ever taken from one of the largest garbage patches in the world. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit environmental engineering organization, saw its ...

Ocean Cleanup’s System 001 prototype is towed out of the San Francisco Bay in September 2018 to tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Image: JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images JOSH EDELSON ...

In 1997 Captain Charles Moore was sailing from Hawaii to California when he noticed a steady stream of plastics bobbing in the ocean. He had discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

A large cargo ship transporting thousands of vehicles is adrift in the Pacific Ocean after a deck carrying EVs caught fire, forcing crew to abandon the vessel. The 600-foot-long Morning Midas was ...

Kiribati, an island nation consisting of 32 atolls in the Pacific Ocean, is 20 to 22 hours ahead of Los Angeles and the rest of the Western United States (it spans three time zones), meaning that ...

Specifically, an area of the Pacific Ocean called the Pacific Garbage Patch. 100,000 KG of trash now removed from the Pacific Ocean | Weather Blog | wdrb.com Skip to main content ...

The fishing industry is dumping trash in the ocean — and the microplastics trickle up to our bodies By Matthew Rozsa Published September 14, 2022 5:30PM (EDT) ...