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great pacific garbage patch

Latest in great pacific garbage patch

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

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

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.  
Climate Change

Huge Machine Cleans Up Vast Load of Ocean Plastic

By Tony Ho Tran

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

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

By Kristin Houser

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Climate Change

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

By Chelsea Gohd

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Environment

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

By Jess Vilvestre

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