Mar 22 Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs more than 43,000 cars and is much larger than we thought By Nsikan Akpan The Great Pacific Garbage Patch weighs 87,000 tons -- 16 times more than previous estimates -- and contains more than 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic, according to a new analysis. Continue reading
Aug 17 Giant plankton eat and transport plastic through the ocean By Roni Dengler Giant larvaceans -- bizarre and beautiful zooplankton -- can transport ocean plastic and may introduce it into the food chain. Continue reading
Jul 19 Humans have made 8.3 billion tons of plastic. Where does it all go? By Roni Dengler The plastic debris housed in landfills and natural environments — currently 4.9 billion metric tons — will more than double by 2050, scientists reported Wednesday in Science Advances. Continue reading
May 15 This tiny island with no humans is getting buried in plastic trash By Nsikan Akpan Henderson Island, a remote locale in the South Pacific, is covered with 37.7 million pieces of plastic debris -- the highest density ever recorded in the world for a beach. Continue reading
Jul 12 Watch 2:05 Turning 315 billion pounds of plastic ocean pollution into sea-saving art By PBS News Hour At the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, a massive exhibit made entirely of 315 pounds of plastic pollution fished from the Pacific is on display. Called "Washed Ashore: Art to Save the Sea," it features 17 sculptures, from jellyfish to shark. The… Continue watching