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An expert says there is pushback from environmental groups when it comes to cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.

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In the Atlantic basin, the National Hurricane Center is watching three tropical waves, one in the Caribbean. Here's Polk County's forecast into next week.

"Kaisei has served as a vital platform for global sail training since 2004, and ocean research since 2009, including expeditions to the North Pacific Gyre in partnership with Scripps Institution ...

The Central American Gyre is the name of a broad area of slow-spinning low pressure that forms seasonally over the eastern Pacific Ocean and overlapping with the western Caribbean Sea.

The remote area of sea where the GPGP is located is surrounded by the North Pacific Gyre, a network of rotating ocean currents. These ensnare plastic and other debris that enters their flow ...

The Ocean Cleanup (TOC) project has announced the timeline and cost it would take to get the Great Pacific Garbage Patch cleaned up once and for all, using existing technology – 10 years and 7.5 ...

The Central American Gyre, or CAG, is a large and persistent rotating low pressure system that typically develops over Central America and nearby waters like the Gulf, the eastern Pacific Ocean ...