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 ...
It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s becoming something else. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where no ...
More than a thousand miles from the nearest coast, in the vast and isolated waters of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, marine researchers have confirmed the formation of stable communities of life ...