Turtles can mistake plastic bags for prey, such as jellyfish. Disturbingly, the Patch is not a floating island of rubbish, but is more like an oceanic soup. Though hard plastics can survive in the ...

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Floating in the North Pacific Ocean is a mountain of waste the size of France. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of two masses ... Designer Mario Kerkstra created the identity for the island, ...

President Biden criticized the rhetoric at former President Donald Trump’s Madison Square Garden Sunday rally in which a comedian referred to Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage ...

"I don't know if you guys know this, but there is literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico," said Hinchcliffe. In Allentown ...

Denise Murphy said she probably would have voted for Donald Trump—until the recent Trump rally in New York City where a comedian likened Puerto Rico to a “floating island of garbage.” ...

In a call organized by the Hispanic advocacy group Voto Latino, Biden on Tuesday responded to a comic at Trump's rally who called Puerto Rico a ''floating island of garbage.'' Biden's initial ...

Fisherman Jose Antonio Crispin recalls the days when he would throw out a net and get a decent haul of fish around Pombeba ...

After a comedian at former President Donald Trump’s rally on Sunday said Puerto Rico was a “floating island of garbage,” President Biden responded to the remark in a virtual call Tuesday ...

Did you know that there's a great big island of garbage in the Pacific Ocean? And it's been a thing for a long time. Yeah, we actually have a picture of it. It's been floating around out there for ...