Marine life can be trapped in plastic garbage, especially discarded "ghost ... Disturbingly, the Patch is not a floating island of rubbish, but is more like an oceanic soup.

“There’s a lot going on. I don’t know if you know this but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now,” Tony Hinchliffe, who goes by the stage ...

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Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage" at Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday. Puerto Ricans have reacted to the joke, calling it ...

A vast patch of floating plastics garbage extending for thousands of ... groups of scientists sailing from Bermuda to the Azores islands. One of the studies describes an accumulation of micro ...

Denise Murphy said she probably would have voted for Donald Trump—until the recent Trump rally in New York City where a comedian likened Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.” ...

Podcaster Tony Hinchcliffe’s comments calling Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” met pushback from Republicans who represent large constituencies from the island. It’s rare for ...