Recent research on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is reshaping how scientists and the public understand ocean pollution.

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

As plastic tumbles against itself, it fragments, and a new study shows those fragments don't stay in the water.

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

The open ocean has new inhabitants ...

Welcome to episode two of NPR Short Wave's summer series, Sea Camp! Today, we linger at the surface and revisit an episode about an ocean conundrum: Trash from humans is constantly spilling into the ...

Great Pacific Garbage Patch Hosts a Distinct Coastal-Open Ocean Ecosystem ...