The vast and mysterious depths of our oceans hold an unexpected beacon of hope in the face of the growing plastic pollution crisis. A unique breed of deep-sea bacteria has been discovered, capable of ...

A new study has uncovered the Levant Basin as one of the world's most concentrated graveyards for plastic packaging and the mechanisms that help the plastic sink down to the seafloor. Subscribe to our ...

A new eco-friendly plastic called LAHB has shown it can biodegrade even in the extreme environment of the deep ocean, unlike conventional plastics that persist for decades. In real-world underwater ...

Plastic products are durable. On one hand this is a great advantage, but on the other hand, if the plastic enters the environment, this advantage turns into a problem. According to current knowledge, ...

The incredible diversity in the deepest levels of the ocean is being threatened with extinction by microplastics, a new study has revealed. The shock findings emerged after scientists studied the ...

At the bottom of the ocean, marine organisms have found a new home: our discarded plastics. Plastic items collected from trenches as deep as 3,200 m in the South China Sea host a diverse group of ...