Our oceans have effectively become trash dumps where massive quantities of plastic end up. So much so, in fact, that the ...

In the Pacific Ocean, between Hawaii and California, a wide patch of water has become significantly bluer and greener.

Plastic has quietly become one of the ocean's defining features, and not in a good way. Every major basin on the planet now carries a measurable plastic burden, from surface garbage patches you can ...

Researchers analyzed droppings from birds and bats in rice fields of Guinea-Bissau to identify pest consumption. The study ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...

The water around the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is turning more cyan, new research shows — a change visible from space.

Photo: Plastic waste floating in a polluted river flowing into the ocean. It symbolizes a global environmental crisis ...

A sweeping new study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one of the largest datasets ever collected on plastic pollution in rivers. The new research offers insights that the ...

Using artificial intelligence to process drone images is allowing researchers to tackle plastic pollution in the ocean in new ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

This is the finding of new research by Wageningen University & Research (WUR) and international partners, covering more than ...

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 ...