The Great Pacific Garbage Patch May Be Changing The Color of The Ocean

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch may now have so much plastic, it’s changing the color of the ocean

By Laura Paddison, CNN (CNN) — Far out in the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, a wide patch of water has been changing color over the

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch May Be Changing The Color of The Ocean

There's a monster lurking in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, neither kraken nor Cthulhu, but a growing behemoth of humanity's creation.

Microplastics are changing the color of ocean water, study suggests

Microplastics appear to be changing the color of the ocean around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, new research reveals — a shift satellites can see from space.