An estimated 100,000 tons of floating plastic polluting 620,000 square miles of the Pacific is at risk ... The giant floating garbage patch in the sea that is in danger of infecting the food chain.

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 ...

Science | NPR This floating ocean garbage is home to a surprising amount of life from the coasts. A study of plastic trash hauled out of the Pacific Ocean found that most of it had been colonized ...

Marine creatures that drift through the ocean are riding currents to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. A surprising number of delicate invertebrates, called neustons, are making it home, according ...

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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 species that normally live in the open sea.

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 species that normally live in the open sea.

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.