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It’s easy to find striking images of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). The problem is that these pictures of the GPGP are misleading and obscure the truth about the content of the GPGP ...
Though the photograph is authentic, it was captured in 2017 and shows a different patch of garbage off the coast of Honduras in the Caribbean Sea — not the Pacific Ocean. For years, social media ...
Several days ago, The Ocean Cleanup (TOC) project announced its ambitious timeline and cost to get the Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleaned up once and for all: 10 years and US$7.5 billion.
The Ocean Cleanup says they could have the Great Pacific Garbage Patch almost entirely eradicated in as little as five years, for a cost of $4 billion. Watch this video to see how much plastic ...
After 6 years of development and three years of extraction operations, The Ocean Cleanup declares the Great Pacific Garbage Patch can be eliminated Ocean Plastic pollution is one of the most ...
After three years extracting plastic waste from the notorious Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an environmental nonprofit says it can finish the job within a decade, with a price tag of several ...
So it’s a good bet that no one is thinking much of anything about even the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, let alone any of the more run-of-the-mill garbage patches of the world. But now that you ...
He had discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Over a thousand miles from land in the central North Pacific Ocean, the boat captain and oceanographer Captain Charles Moore puzzled over the ...
A dynamic group of organisms, from star-like jellies to industrious snails, is thriving within the immense mass of floating debris. The beautiful Glaucus atlanticus, known as the blue sea dragon ...