In an effort to combat pollution from ocean plastic, Hawaii has come up with a novel recycling solution that involves its ...

Boyan Slat has set the bar high for what he wants his non-profit to achieve, removing 90% of the plastic from the world’s ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, or perhaps birds with stomachs full of microplastics. We also know there ...

In the form of bottles, tires, packaging and piping, millions of tons of plastic waste are dumped every year in the world's waterways, often ending up in the oceans. And their amount could almost ...

Like the lead paint and asbestos of decades past, microplastics are the new awful contaminant that we really ought to do something about. They’re particularly abundant in the aquatic environment, and ...

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Researchers have developed a new durable plastic that won't pollute our oceans. The new material is as strong as conventional plastics and biodegradable, but what makes it special is that it breaks ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

Plastic pollution is in soil and streams, drinking water and wildlife—and even inside of us. A staggering amount of plastic trash ends up in the ocean, and it is increasing at an alarming rate.

Maddie Kaufman, Debris Free Oceans’ program director, holds up trash she recovered by the Nixon Beach sandbar off Key Biscayne. Working with the Aspen Institute, the city of Miami Beach and Deco ...

Plastics and microplastics in the marine environment are one of the great cause célèbre of our era. Here’s what we know and don’t know. Drink containers end up in the ocean at a truly alarming rate.

In 1996 Captain Charles Moore, a citizen scientist and founder of the Algalita Marine Research and Education Foundation, stumbled upon what came to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a ...