Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific ...

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped where ...

Discover the alarming truth about ocean plastic pollution in this in-depth video, which examines how millions of tons of plastic waste—from bags to microplastics—are contaminating our marine ...

An estimated 171 trillion pieces of plastic are lurking in the world’s oceans, and plastic production is expected to triple by 2060 if no changes are made. This growth could result in a significant ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

The accumulated floating plastic known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 620,000 square miles — nearly twice the size of Texas. One group is trying to clean up the more than 100,000 tons of ...

'If we don't do something quickly, the oceans in 50 years won't look like they do today,' scientist warns in an interview with SolveClimate News Sign up here. The state of the oceans can best be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study shows plastic pollution threatens ocean life in complex and often hidden ways. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Plastics are a crucial part of modern life, however tens of millions of tons of plastic waste is disposed of each year, much of which ultimately ends up in the ocean. Microplastics have been found in ...

Working to stop harmful marine pollution at the source. © Troy Mayne / WWF The health, resilience and productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems is increasingly ...