The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of the most polluted areas of the ocean. 22-year-old Boyan Slat has a potential cleanup solution. The Ocean Cleanup uses a boom to capture plastic and keep ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup in 2013, when he was just 19. The idea is simple: floating barriers accumulate garbage that's traveling in natural ocean currents.

Two photos posted on X, formerly Twitter, show what appears to be fresh oil on Dog Beach, which is not far from Platform Eva. Cleanup efforts are ongoing, Brahm said. If a responsible party is ...