Scientists studying a giant collection of plastic trash floating in the middle of the open ocean have found some unexpected inhabitants: dozens of marine species that usually stick close to the coast.

The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, otherwise known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," is considered the world's largest accumulation of ocean plastic. It's so massive, in fact, that researchers ...

In March 2024, a team from the Global Ocean Biogeochemistry (GO-BGC) project lowered an autonomous robotic float named Trieste into the Indian Ocean. The float has a name thanks to its “adoption” by ...

But for decades, visionaries have dreamed of floating cities on the sea. It's all seemed a bit far-fetched, but that reality is approaching, with the new SeaPods by Ocean Builders. The Panama-based ...

A tiny robot has revealed some never-before-seen insights about East Antarctica's giant ice shelves, as published in the journal Science Advances. This robotic float drifted through the ice shelves ...

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A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized by coastal life that was thriving right next to... This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

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