SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

More than 90 percent of the plastics in the GPGP are microplastics. Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk. Garbage mountains rising above the sea. A thick crust of filth coating the ...

3:54 p.m. Sept. 7, 2024: A previous version of this article said that Ocean Cleanup vessels had removed more than a million tons of trash in three years. The amount was a million pounds. After three ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Floating in the middle of the ocean is a giant collection of trash and debris that's come to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The accumulation of plastics, cans and ...

Studies have shown that the average person has around 6,000 thoughts per day, and that 95% of them are about themselves. Almost none of them are about garbage. OK, I made that last part up. But if you ...

SAUSALITO, Calif. (KGO) -- Nearly every day cargo ships arrive here in the Bay Area, carrying everything from cars to consumer goods. But one ship that just docked in Sausalito is delivering cargo ...

LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A six-week expedition to check out floating trash in the Pacific Ocean returns to Southern California after traveling more than 3,3000 miles with some disturbing results.

An environmental group has announced an ambitious plan to eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch by 2034 — as long as it gets $7.5 billion in funding to do the job. The Ocean Cleanup, a nonprofit ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a floating pile of trash located in the Pacific Ocean between California and Hawaii. The GPGP spans 620,000 square miles, which is around three times the size of ...

For the past year, Vancouver resident Alyn Spector has been letting his garbage pile up. From bread bags and food containers to shopping bags and other single-use plastics, Spector has been setting ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Floating in the middle of the ocean is a giant collection of trash and debris that's come to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The accumulation of plastics, cans and other ...