Over a million years ago, thanks to some well-placed tectonic plates, and volcanic activity, the islands today known as Hawaii rose from the depths of the ocean, eventually becoming home to early ...

Plastic pollution is a significant issue in Hawaii, mainly due to its location in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre—a massive system of rotating ocean currents. This current system traps debris ...

The Pacific Gyre, located halfway between Hawaii and California, is the largest area with the most plastic, of the five major open ocean plastic accumulation regions, or Gyres, in the world’s ...

Much of the debris that ends up in the North Pacific Ocean gets drawn into the North Pacific Gyre by currents. The North Pacific Gyre is a swirling vortex of water made up of four prevailing ...