Microplastics and nanoplastics are so small and lightweight they can be swept into the air, where they may be helping to heat ...
The open ocean has new inhabitants ...
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has long been described in terms of scale. In the waters between Hawaii and California, inside the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, debris drifts into a broad ...
The Ocean Cleanup employs advanced technologies to tackle plastic pollution, targeting the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and ...
The real problem is that the plastic isn't just large pieces of debris like bottles and discarded fishing nets.
As plastic tumbles against itself, it fragments, and a new study shows those fragments don't stay in the water.
We've all seen the photos of attractive sea turtles sipping ocean cocktails through nose-straws, and the outlines of ocean bird bodies filled in with a colourful collage of bottle caps, but the true ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A floating device sent to corral a swirling island of trash between California and Hawaii has not swept up any plastic waste — but the young innovator behind the project said Monday ...
Boyan Slat has a plan to rid the ocean of plastic pollution, this coming El Niño could be a monster and more big stories ...