In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is it? Using the map below, click ...
We have suggested that future warming climate scenarios will result in a shift in the phytoplankton community in the central ocean gyres towards smaller cells, and that under such conditions ...