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Marine scientists discovered an ocean-borne fungus chomping through plastic trash in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By Maggie Harrison Dupré

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now so permanent and huge that living beings are migrating from thousands of miles away to get in on the plastic action.

Science & Energy

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Is Teeming With Trash Life, Scientists Find

By Noor Al-Sibai

Nonprofit The Ocean Cleanup said their study found commercial fishing responsible for much of the plastic in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

The Overwhelming Amount of Plastic in the Ocean Isn’t What You Think

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A crew on board a ship belonging to the nonprofit Ocean Voyages Institute made an unusual discovery while sailing through the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Science & Energy

Researchers Scoop “Mysterious” Plastic Objects Out of Great Pacific Garbage Patch

By Victor Tangermann

A Dutch inventor has helped create a device, dubbed "Jenny," that has collected nearly 20,000lbs of plastic from the Pacific Ocean.

Huge Machine Cleans Up Vast Load of Ocean Plastic

By Tony Ho Tran

This Nonprofit Is Making Sunglasses Out of Recovered Ocean Waste

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This Nonprofit Is Making Sunglasses Out of Recovered Ocean Waste

By Victor Tangermann

Architectural designer Honglin Li wants to build a floating skyscraper in the ocean to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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Wild Concept: Build Trash-Sucking Skyscrapers on Ocean Oil Rigs

By Kristin Houser

The Ocean Cleanup is finally ready to put its plastic-wrangling boom to the test cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

A Huge Trap Is Ready to Start Gobbling Up Ocean Plastic “Like A Giant Pac-Man”

By Kristin Houser

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The Pacific Ocean Is One Step Closer to Being Almost Totally Debris-Free

By Chelsea Gohd

The “Great Pacific Garbage Patch” Is Even Bigger Than We Thought

By Jess Vilvestre