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

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone contains ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a lethal dose.

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

Ocean plastic has hit a critical point in 2025, threatening turtles, whales, and seabirds. See which solutions still offer ...

Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies ...

The good news is that, according to recent research in the journal Nature Geoscience, we’re dumping less plastic into the ocean than previously estimated. The bad news is that it’s still a dangerously ...

When you think of plastic pollution in the ocean, you might picture bottles and bags floating on the surface of the sea, a “seventh continent” made up entirely of plastic waste, or all of that ...

The North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, otherwise known as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," is considered the world's largest accumulation of ocean plastic. It's so massive, in fact, that researchers ...

People can help reduce plastic pollution by changing their habits, however governments have to step up and share the burden of tackling the problem. AFP via Getty Images BERLIN — Plastic pollution at ...

The Social Responsibility Framework is designed to help waste pickers, the informal workers who help keep tons of plastic from washing into the world's oceans. There are about 20 million waste pickers ...