The plan expands the scope and financial firepower of what remains the world's biggest effort to fix the growing problem.

This study presents a framework to assess the environmental trade-offs of cleaning the North Pacific Garbage Patch, focusing ...

In an effort to protect biodiversity and fight pollution, the Environment Management Bureau of the Department of Environment ...

If the oceans go, we go. This is not a metaphor. The oceans produce more than half of the oxygen we breathe, regulate our ...

The bay of Illa Grossa, located on a remote island in the Columbretes Islands marine reserve off the coast of Spain, is home ...

New research estimates that approximately 60 tonnes of plastic debris discarded in the ocean reside within female green ...

A University of Western Australia study has investigated the source of plastic washing up on Shelly Beach. Citizen scientists on eco tours collected the plastic for the study from the beach.

The Kaisei has been on three separate expeditions to monitor and report on the vast and growing vortex of trash known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The cause of its sinking is still unclear.

A floating boom has surrounded a large two-masted sailing vessel that sank over the weekend at its Alameda dock in the ...

A new analysis found that ingesting plastic can disrupt proteins that facilitate key functions in seabirds—the latest in a ...

Marseille – Ahead of the United Nations Ocean Conference in June, the research schooner Tara docked in Marseille for a day dedicated to tackling plastic pollution in the oceans. With global ...

A new AI-powered solution could transform how we clean up plastic pollution in the ocean by making removal more efficient, according to a new study published in Operations Research by INFORMS. The ...