The Great Pacific Garbage Patch isn’t empty, it’s becoming a floating habitat

Once seen as a barren plastic wasteland, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now a thriving habitat for coastal species. These ...
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Reducing Plastic Pollution in the Oceans and Beyond

In 1996 Captain Charles Moore, a citizen scientist and founder of the Algalita Marine Research and Education Foundation, stumbled upon what came to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a ...