Discover the escalating crisis of ocean plastic pollution and how The Ocean Cleanup is tackling this environmental issue.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tiny fragments of plastic are able to become airborne and, once in our atmosphere, they may be having a worrying impact on global ...

MIDWAY ATOLL, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (AP) — Flying into the uninhabited Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, Midway Atoll appears out of the vast blue Pacific as a tiny oasis of coral-fringed land ...

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A plane has discovered that the great Pacific garbage patch is much bigger than had been thought. We recognize our responsibility to use data and technology for good. We may use or share your data ...

Plastic waste in the ocean can break down into microplastics, which researchers measured near U.S. coastlines to study possible links to higher rates of diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

(CNN) — Out in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirl of plastic trash more than twice the size of Texas. As pieces of plastic tumble against ...