All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The largest one has been dubbed the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic ...

Facts About Plastic Pollution and Microplastics Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity ... considered the five worst offenders when it comes to plastic pollution, according to a study published in Science, and ...

including the formation of the infamous “7th continent” – a massive accumulation of plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean. The scale of this pollution is alarming : ・Two-thirds of plastic ...

holding 99.8% of plastic pollution. The tiny island is in the path of the South Pacific Gyre - an ocean current. This is why it accumulates as much as 17 tonnes of plastic rubbish. Henderson ...

As we crossed the Pacific Ocean, I saw the amount of plastic ... The mood shifts on board as the extent of plastic pollution starts to sink in. On this trip, when we put the trawl through the ...

Nesting on the barren islands of South Georgia, they feed their young by scouring thousands of miles of ocean for squid ... chicks in Antarctica die from plastic pollution every year – it's ...

Global ocean plastics, projected to double to 300 million tonnes by 2040, further threaten vulnerable nations. For Fiji, ...

Fiji has shown that even small nations can lead in environmental sustainability. By fostering partnerships, advocating for stronger global regulations, and inspiring innovation, the Pacific can forge ...