Undergraduate and graduate students took a lead role in a Virginia Tech study that analyzed global research on marine debris, ...

NANAKULI, Hawaii (KHON2) — Heavy rains drenched the west side of Oahu on Friday, April 18 and it caused trash from upstream to flow into the ocean, even trash still in bags. It was an unusual sight.

Ocean plastic is a widely known problem, typically viewed through the lens of floating debris and microplastics. However, Earth.com covered a novel study examining plastic pollution on the seafloor.

Floating ocean plastics can take more than 100 years to disappear, breaking into tiny fragments that slowly sink to the seafloor.