Plastic pollution is a big problem for our oceans and although in recent years, people have started cutting down on plastic consumption, as we have realized the effects plastic pollution can have ...

Plastic risk maps reveal hidden ocean hotspots where wildlife faces harm from ingestion, entanglement, and chemicals.

As the scale and extent of the effects from plastic pollution trigger regulation, customer concern, media controversy, and changes in market dynamics, companies will have to better understand how ...

Eight million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. What it's done to this island is a stark warning.

Boylan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup, said 1% of the world’s rivers are responsible for about 80% of ocean pollution. Here's what he's doing about it.

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone ...

High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research shows.

With a deep connection to the ocean and a culture rooted in conservation, Latinos hold the key to combating marine plastic pollution and safeguarding the ocean.

The oceans may contain much, much more plastic than previously thought A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research shows. Scientists tested the effects of new PVC pellets (pre-production “nurdles” used to ...