We assess the metabolic demand of mesopelagic zooplankton for carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus in the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre (NPSG). We compare zooplankton metabolic demand with the ...

Scientists map ocean currents to trap floating trash and plastic debris, improving cleanup efforts of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

Princeton University and Xiamen University researchers report that in tropical and subtropical oligotrophic waters, ocean acidification reduces primary production, the process of photosynthesis in ...

of fishing nets and consumer plastics from the North Pacific Subtropical Convergence Zone (more commonly known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch or Gyre). The Pacific Gyre, located halfway ...