Pacific and Indian oceans and the Mediterranean Sea. They found a “rapid and unprecedented” increase in ocean plastic pollution since 2005, according to the study published Wednesday in the ...

In 1997, Captain Charles Moore first discovered the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch ... “When it comes to plastic pollution entering the ocean, 80% of it is coming from land-based sources ...

A nonprofit called The Ocean Cleanup, which you might have heard of before, says they're on track to eliminate the infamous Great Pacific Garbage ... The problem of plastic pollution won’t ...

See All Key Ideas The Pacific coast of the ... Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships (MARPOL) under Annex V. However, recent studies of ocean debris, as well as the event described ...

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 ...

its long-term goal being to rid the Pacific Ocean of most or all of the floating plastic pollution over a 10-year span. "Since we started with System 002 in 2021, we've seen a steady increase.

Slat is the founder and chief executive of the Ocean Cleanup. The world is finally getting serious about plastic pollution ... the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an expanse in the North Pacific ...

"Their stomach content provides a 'snapshot' sample of plastic pollution from a large area of the northern Pacific Ocean." Plastic products deteriorate slowly and several studies in recent years ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.