I can tell you that the problem of ocean plastic pollution is massive. In case you didn’t know, an ocean gyre is a rotating current that circulates within one of the world’s oceans – and ...

"We are finding more plastic in the ocean. And because these gyres or accumulating areas are where plastic aggregates are congregating, it's quite reasonable to see and to think and to expect that ...

Earlier this year, the 5 Gyres Institute, a California-based group that focuses on reducing plastic pollution, published a study that estimated similar amounts of plastic floating in the ocean.

The world’s oceans are polluted by a “plastic smog” made up of an estimated ... director of research and innovation at the 5 Gyres Institute and an author on the report, told CNN.

“This exponential rise in ocean surface plastic pollution might make you feel fatalistic. How can you fix this?” said Eriksen, a founder of the 5 Gyres Institute, a nonprofit group that works ...

Unfortunately, plastic is so durable that the EPA reports “every bit of plastic ever made still exists.” All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The largest one ...

"Our data shows an increase in ocean plastic pollution at the same time ... binding agreements cannot be overstated," said The 5 Gyres Institute, which organized the study. The researchers said ...

Onshore, plastic that doesn’t enter the ocean still pollutes rivers ... a co-founder of 5 Gyres, a nonprofit group that focuses on reducing plastic pollution. Dr. Eriksen published a separate ...

And by solutions that have teeth, Erdle doesn't mean fishing errant plastic bottles out of the ocean, which ... co-founder of 5 Gyres, as quoted by The Guardian.

The rate of plastic entering the oceans could accelerate 2.6 times by 2040 if left unchecked, say researchers. The first study describing the discovery of marine plastic debris was published in ...

According to new analysis from the 5 Gyres Institute ... published on Wednesday in the journal Plos One, analysed ocean plastic trends from 1979 to 2019 using previously gathered and new data.

senior manager of ocean plastic research at the environmental campaign organsiation Ocean Conservancy, says: "In total there are five major oceanic gyres. All five gyres are large systems of ...