SciShow
Why Can’t We Scoop All the Plastic Out of the Ocean?
Lots of people want to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, and plastics have a huge impact on ocean environments. But marine wildlife are already adapting to our plastic waste, which means cleaning it up isn't as simple as just......
SciShow
3 Times Scientists Did Weird Experiments With Rubber Ducks
Rubber ducks aren’t just good for some bath time fun, they’ve also helped scientists learn about the world!
SciShow
Great Pacific Garbage Patch
Hank tells us about the enormous concentrations of plastic debris floating around in the Pacific Ocean, why they're there and why they're a problem.
Wonderscape
The Ocean's Plastic Plague: Causes, Consequences, and Solutions
Explore the causes of plastic pollution in our oceans, driven by ocean currents and gyres. Learn about the staggering scale of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and the proliferation of microplastics. Understand the environmental and...
Wonderscape
Science Kids: Plastic and Chemical Pollution in Oceans
This video discusses the significant sources of pollution in our oceans, focusing on the impact of chemical waste and plastic pollution. It highlights the consequences of pollution on marine life, human health, and the environment. The...
Next Animation Studio
Animals colonizing islands of floating trash, causing havoc
Dubbed ‘neopelagic communities’, armies of coastal species are hitching intercontinental rides on floating islands of plastic trash.
Next Animation Studio
Marine drone would tackle the Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The marine drone is an autonomous electric vehicle that collects plastic waste. The project, designed by industrial design student Elie Ahovi, could be used to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Ahovi designed the marine drone after...
Next Animation Studio
The Ocean Cleanup system isn't capturing plastic as planned
A system designed to reduce the amount of plastic pollution in the Pacific Ocean has not been collecting plastic.
Next Animation Studio
US dumping 5 times more plastic than previously thought
America’s contribution to the plastic trash crisis in the world’s oceans is a lot worse than previously thought.
Next Animation Studio
Area of Great Pacific Garbage Patch 16 times larger than previously estimated
A new study suggests the Great Pacific Garbage Patch could be 16 times larger than previous estimates. The results of a three-year study beginning in 2015, commissioned by the Ocean Cleanup Foundation, were published in the journal...
Next Animation Studio
Ocean Cleanup device redeployed to trap plastic in Great Pacific Garbage Patch
A floating device designed to trap plastic trash in the ocean has been upgraded in a second attempt to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Next Animation Studio
Giant plastics collector about to set sail for Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Ocean Cleanup is building a giant plastic-scooping system in Alameda, California and plans to set sail as early as this summer to begin cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
Next Animation Studio
Ocean Cleanup Project heads for Great Pacific Garbage Patch
The Ocean Cleanup Project’s largest system returned to the Great Pacific Garbage Patch last week, hoping to gather some of the 1.6 million square kilometers or 617,000 square miles of plastic that has accumulated there, according to New...
California Academy of Sciences
California Academy of Sciences: Plastiki Sets Sail
David de Rothschild and his boat, the Plastiki, sets sail across the Pacific. Find out how a boat made entirely of plastic hopes to rid the oceans of the stuff. [2:46]