Single-use plastics pose a major problem for the environment, especially our oceans. Did you know plastic detrimentally impacts about 700 marine species? By 2050, there could be more plastic, by ...

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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 ...

Ocean plastic pollution affects over 1,000 marine species and costs billions in environmental and economic damage. But small actions, like opening a browser, can add up to massive impact.

"The biggest surprise for me has been the abundance." Researchers make stunning discovery deep beneath ocean surface: 'The ...

Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash ...

Scientists studying a giant collection of plastic trash floating in the middle of the open ocean have found some unexpected inhabitants: dozens of marine species that usually stick close to the coast.

A relatively uncharted island entirely made of trash, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is an enigma. Still, reducing its size is an even bigger mystery. The Ocean Cleanup is an organization using ...

For a few years now, [Richard] of Tropical Ocean Cleanup fame has been working hard to clean the Philippines of the plastic trash that litters everything, and washes down the canals and rivers into ...

Kristen Sarri, former president of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, appeared headed for confirmation as assistant secretary of State for oceans and international environmental and scientific ...

Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...

Maddie Kaufman, Debris Free Oceans’ program director, holds up trash she recovered by the Nixon Beach sandbar off Key Biscayne. Working with the Aspen Institute, the city of Miami Beach and Deco ...