Where trash accumulates in the deep sea Date: June 5, 2013 Source: Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute Summary: Surprisingly large amounts of discarded trash end up in the ocean.

A "mountain of garbage" dumped at sea off Beirut under a deal between the government and a company has sparked outrage in Lebanon, two years after mass protests over a waste crisis.

Each seven-week mission sends two ships sailing into the heart of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. They unreel a giant U-shaped boom trailing a 10ft deep "skirt" that traps plastic in a ...

Translucent, fragile marine creatures that drift through the sea are riding the motion of the ocean to a destination that’s infamous as a home for trash: the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ocean ...

Last year, a nonprofit organization called The Ocean Cleanup raised $2.2 million dollars toward a project that would remove plastic from an area of the ocean known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Mount Everest, the world's tallest mountain above sea level, is extremely polluted with trash that it might just as well be the world's highest garbage dump. The years of commercial mountaineering ...

Dressed all in black and preparing his diving gear with loud zips and clicks, George Sarelakos looks like he's part of a Greek naval operation ready to storm an island or take down smugglers.

Trash Mountain in India Could Be Taller Than the Taj Mahal by Next Year. Published Jun 05, 2019 at 6:17 AM EDT Updated Jun 05, 2019 at 12:15 PM EDT. By . Kashmira Gander is Deputy Science Editor ...