In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, a wide patch of water has become significantly bluer and greener.

The ocean’s blue and green hues near the infamous zone of debris have gotten brighter over the last 20 years, satellite data ...

The water around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is turning more cyan, new research shows — a change visible from space.

Scientists now suspect that some of the ocean’s tiniest pollutants may be responsible. A new study suggests that microscopic ...

Our oceans have effectively become trash dumps where massive quantities of plastic end up. So much so, in fact, that the ...

Satellites show that the ocean around a gyre of plastic detritus in the Pacific is brightening and changing colour, with the ...

Satellite data suggest color shifts in the North Pacific Garbage Patch may track rising microplastic levels since 2002 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 90 percent of the plastics in the GPGP are microplastics. Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk.

The North Pacific “Garbage Patch” aggregates an abundance of floating sea creatures, as well as the plastic waste it has become infamous for, according to a study published in PLOS Biology and ...

Sign up for the Morning Brief email newsletter to get weekday updates from The Weather Channel and our meteorologists. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is the largest ...

Plastic debris floating in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch in the North Pacific Ocean. (The Ocean Cleanup) There's a monster lurking in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, neither kraken nor ...

Analysis of satellite data between 2002 and 2022 showed a cyan tint that appears best explained by an increased concentration ...