Plastic pollution in the ocean could remain on the water's surface for more than a century, a new study has found. Scientists ...

The study looked at 415 ocean samples, and nearly 80% had some kind of PET-degrading enzyme. Scientists stunned after ...

A newly discovered enzyme motif reveals how ocean microbes are evolving to digest plastic, potentially aiding future cleanup ...

“People often assume that plastic in the ocean just sinks or disappears. But our model shows that most large, buoyant ...

a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column and they predict it could take over 100 years ...

Scientists found that even if all plastic dumping stopped today, floating plastics would take over 100 years to vanish.

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

Contrary to common belief, most large ocean plastics degrade very slowly at the surface, with about 10 percent still afloat ...

When you think of plastic in the oceans, you might think of the Pacific Garbage Patch being the worst of our problems. However, it turns out there are many more areas of pollution throughout the ...

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

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.