Lavers said Henderson Island is at the edge of a vortex of ocean currents known as the South Pacific gyre, which tends to capture and hold floating trash. Plastic debris is strewn on the beach on ...

Lavers said Henderson Island is at the edge of a vortex of ocean currents known as the South Pacific gyre, which tends to capture and hold floating trash. "The quantity of plastic there is truly ...

Henderson Island, which is a UNESCO world heritage site, is particularly hit by the plastic pollution because it’s located at the edge of the South Pacific gyre, an ocean current that tends to ...

Henderson Island, which was designated ... Researchers found almost 38 million pieces of trash that washed up on a tiny uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Henderson Island, ...

In this 2015 photo provided by Jennifer Lavers, plastic debris is strewn on the beach on Henderson Island. When researchers traveled to the tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific ...

The tiny island is in the path of the South Pacific Gyre - an ocean current. This is why it accumulates as much as 17 tonnes of plastic rubbish. Henderson Island is a World Heritage Listed site ...

On the beaches of isolated Henderson Island in the South Pacific, over 3,000 miles from the nearest major population center of any kind, they found what they estimate to be more than 17 tons of ...

Henderson Island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean has not been inhabited by humans for centuries, but it is inhabited by trash. In fact, a newly released study says it's the area most densely ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A tiny, uninhabited piece of land in the South Pacific Ocean, called Henderson Island, is ...

Plastic debris is shown strewn on the beach of Henderson Island in a 2015 photo. Researchers who traveled to the tiny, uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean found about 38 million pieces of ...

Nearly 38 million pieces of plastic have washed up on the beaches of one of the most remote places on earth, with crabs turning discarded rubbish into homes. Henderson Island, an uninhabited ...