The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a plastic trash nightmare. It could also be part of a much bigger, hidden problem

Microplastics and nanoplastics are so small and lightweight they can be swept into the air, where they may be helping to heat ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now a thriving ecosystem

The open ocean has new inhabitants ...
The Conversation

Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality is more complex and far more persistent. Even if we stopped all plastic ...
Science Daily

Scientists solved the mystery of missing ocean plastic—and the answer is alarming

Scientists have discovered that the ocean’s “missing” plastic hasn’t vanished—it has broken down into trillions of invisible nanoplastics now spread through water, air, and living organisms. These ...