Plastic pollution has infiltrated oceans worldwide, with fish and marine life ingesting microplastics from bottles, bags, and ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

An estimated 171 trillion pieces of plastic are lurking in the world’s oceans, and plastic production is expected to triple by 2060 if no changes are made. This growth could result in a significant ...

Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific evidence, we see how microplastics permeate every sample of beach sand across ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

The Ocean Cleanup’s research reveals that Mumbai leaks nearly 5 million kg of plastic waste annually into the Arabian Sea and ...

Plastic waste pollutes our oceans, food, even our bodies. This week, 175 countries are trying to create a treaty to reduce that waste. Nations such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, who produce fossil fuels ...

Innovative strategies for reducing plastic pollution are vital for a sustainable future. Learn how effective solutions can create positive environmental change.

In 1996 Captain Charles Moore, a citizen scientist and founder of the Algalita Marine Research and Education Foundation, stumbled upon what came to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a ...

In Hawaii, researchers are literally paving the roads with good intentions. They have come up with an innovative method for putting the island’s plastic pollution to work, covering its roads with ...