Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean ... fly onto the island inside in their stomachs each year, according to Brown. The Eastern Island is now littered with tiny fragments of plastic.

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean ... fly onto the island inside in their stomachs each year, according to Brown. The Eastern Island is now littered with tiny fragments of plastic.

an island near Hellesøy famously featured in the NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Coorporation) documentary Plasthavet (“The Plastic Ocean”). The cleanup campaign, held on September 12 ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is it? Using the map below, click ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is it? Using the map below, click ...

The tiny island is in the path of the South Pacific Gyre - an ocean current. This is why it accumulates as much as 17 tonnes of plastic rubbish. Henderson Island is a World Heritage Listed site ...

an island near Hellesøy famously featured in the NRK (Norwegian Broadcasting Coorporation) documentary Plasthavet (“The Plastic Ocean”). The cleanup campaign, held on September 12 ...

Plastic debris has been collected at Bird Island and Signy Island for the last ... pieces of plastic which have been in the Southern Ocean for a long time. “It’s not all bad news.