All together, this mass of waste floating in the North Pacific Ocean is known as the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

They gathered hundreds of sea creatures and water samples to measure the garbage patch's effect on ocean environment.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The waters surrounding the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch are known as the North Pacific Gyre.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Last month, a team from the University of California at San Diego became the latest group to travel to the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

The existence of the North Pacific Garbage Patch first gained public attention in nineteen ninety-seven.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

Many of those toys are now part of the Great Pacific Ocean Garbage Patch.

VOA: special.2009.09.22

There are no gravestones or grand mausoleums - just a patch of bare grass surrounded by a simple wooden fence.

VOA: standard.2010.07.22

Apolo Anton Ohno, who still sports his trademark "soul-patch" [of facial hair just above his chin, says his hard work has paid off.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

The military says heavy clashes are taking place as troops advance toward a 30-square-kilometer patch of jungle in which the Tamil Tigers are cornered.

VOA: standard.2009.03.17

Austan Goolsbee spoke on Fox News Sunday: "It is going to be a rough patch not just in the immediate term, but for a little bit of time ".

VOA: standard.2009.06.07