To formulate the size of the island, a team of scientists ... of floating plastic debris is found in the Atlantic Ocean - the North Atlantic garbage patch - which was first documented in 1972 ...

The region, located in the North Atlantic Ocean is called the Sargasso ... and has become home to a nightmarish manmade island, dubbed the North Atlantic Garbage Patch. And yet, it remains a ...

This animated GIF shows the slow northward motion (and rotation) of Iceberg A23a in the South Atlantic Ocean over January 2025. Credit: NASA. Although South Georgia Island doesn't host many people, it ...

Research groups made a presentation of their conclusions last February in the Ocean Sciences meeting in Portland, Oregon although scientists have been reporting plastic garbage in the Atlantic ...