Two huge floating islands of garbage are taking up hundreds of thousands of square miles of real estate in what's known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The vortices of garbage in the Pacific ...

Contrarily to some media portrayals, it's not an island but rather a "soup ... the degradation of these larger wastes. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is merely one of multiple toxic reservoirs ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of two masses of rubbish between ... Designer Mario Kerkstra created the identity for the island, designing its flag as well as banknotes and a passport for ...

Over time, trapped debris accumulates within the stable centre of the vortex, forming a 'garbage island'. However, unlike a true island, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is not a solid mass ...

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 ...