Wastewater pollution levels are higher inside many marine protected areas than in nearby unprotected areas, according to a ...

If left unchecked, warming, pollution, and acidification of the world's oceans will have drastic socio-ecological consequences, particularly for people who depend on the water for their livelihoods, ...

Fukuoka, Japan—In a report published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, researchers from Kyushu University have for the first time, provided a clear numerical target for global efforts to tackle marine ...

Living in a U.S. coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk of heart and metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, coronary artery ...

New Delhi, India needs to increase its waste management capacity and ensure that everyone has access to waste disposal to tackle the increasing plastic pollution in the country, said Boyan Slat, ...

As final negotiations for an international plastics treaty get underway this week in Busan, South Korea, scientists warn that the global plastics crisis is far more dangerous than previously thought.

The footage actually shows a years-old video from another continent, said to depict one of the most polluted rivers in the ...

A recent study by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) has unveiled new data on the behaviour of argonauts, an enigmatic group of pelagic octopuses that inhabit the ocean’s surface layers. The ...

Living in a US coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk of heart and metabolic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery ...

A study of microplastics in U.S. coastal waters found that residents of counties adjacent to the most heavily microplastic-polluted waters had significantly higher rates of Type 2 diabetes, coronary ...