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A Remote Pacific Island Awash in Tons of Trash

Sunday, May 21, 2017 - 14:22 in Earth & Climate

A survey of uninhabited Henderson Island in the South Pacific estimated that about 17.6 tons of debris had washed ashore, endangering wildlife and blighting beaches.

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