The tourists have gone home, but the beach was filled with students learning about the unique ecosystem – and taking those lessons home with them. Every year, Clean Ocean Action meets busloads of kids ...

French scientists believe that microplastics are now widespread in the Mediterranean sea, posing significant health, ...

Miami groups whose focus ranges from literacy to refugees, poetry to Biscayne Bay’s health, were finalists for a $25,000 award from the Elevate Prize Foundation ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

For the average person, trying to avoid plastics can feel overwhelming—and maybe pointless. Our writer asked two experts how ...

Description: To find out how destructive negligence and indifference are, it is enough to move between Hawaii and California and see the Great Pacific Garbage Patch! From wreckages of containers to ...

Humans take more than 22,000 breaths a day and experts say the quality of the air we breathe is important. The World Health Organization (WHO) reports more than 90% of children breathe air so polluted ...

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 ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

How plastic sinks to the deep sea — over time, sunlight and waves break large plastic items into tiny fragments that stick to marine snow. These particles gradually sink through the ocean, carrying ...

On the east side of Oʻahu, a terrifying sight filled TikTok viewers with dread. In a post, user conradxmorgan (@conradxmorgan) walked along the shoreline, showcasing trash as it continued to wash up ...

A new study has identified Texas as the likely source for nurdle plastic pollution on Texas and Mexico beaches. The study was led by a University of Texas Marine Science Institute graduate student, ...