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.

Scientists have discovered that the ocean’s “missing” plastic hasn’t vanished—it has broken down into trillions of invisible nanoplastics now spread through water, air, and living organisms. These ...

For years, plastic has been building up in the ocean in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Now, according to Treehugger, scientists have identified another worrying impact: The garbage is carrying ...

Plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats facing our oceans today. Each year, over 8 million tons of plastic—ranging ...

A new plan aims to clean more than 80% of the North Pacific Garbage Patch - the ocean's largest floating plastic garbage ...

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 ...

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 ...

An old video of a floating system cleaning ocean plastic is trending again, sparking interest in the initiative’s latest progress.

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality is more complex and far more persistent. Even if we stopped all plastic ...

A diver and conservationist shared a disheartening video of wildlife trapped in ocean waste, but there was a happy ending. Mermaid.kayleigh (@mermaid.kayleigh) detailed saving a small fish stuck in a ...