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Plastic debris swept through the seas by wind and waves has piled up in large areas of the North Pacific Ocean, collectively dubbed the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” But on this raft of trash in the ...

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WSJ’s Daniela Hernandez explains why these specks of trash are a tough issue to address. Illustration: David Fang An 80,000-ton cloud of plastic and trash floating in the Pacific Ocean is an ...

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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.