In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer Caroline Power captured the picture, which shows a large area ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...

Barker crowdsourced a global collection to show that ... no area in the world is free from plastic anymore, “from the poles to the Equator, from the sea surface to the ocean floor.” ...

This could help reduce the amount of plastic waste in the ocean, lessening the incidence of sea creatures eating plastic or becoming entangled in it. To achieve this, the team has created plastic ...