A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the ...

STAUNTON — Earth Day Staunton’s theme of 2024, “STOP the Plastic Tidal Wave!,” aims to raise awareness about the role of plastic in ocean pollution, human health and climate change, according to a ...

Plastic in the oceans not only endangers wildlife, it also carries dangerous pollutants and worsens climate change. Plastic in the oceans not only endangers wildlife, it also carries dangerous ...

Scientists now estimate that around 8M tons of plastic waste pour into the ocean every year, forming swirling gyres of debris ...

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 ...

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 ...

New plastic that dissolves in seawater raises hopes for tackling ocean pollution - Japanese researchers say new material can ...

Plastic foam must be phased out at a local, state and national level in order to protect the oceans and human health, according to a new analysis. The report by Oceana warns plastic foam, which used ...

Even if plastic pollution stopped entirely today, floating plastic would remain on the surface of the sea for 100 years, according to a new study. Scientists have long been puzzled by the fact that so ...

Particles of plastic float in the ocean. Microplastics are able to carry pathogens from land to parts of the ocean they would normally never reach, a UC Davis study found. (Getty) Microplastics are a ...

The world’s oceans are polluted by a “plastic smog” made up of an estimated 171 trillion plastic particles that if gathered would weigh around 2.3 million tons, according to a new study. A team of ...

Mr. Slat is the founder and chief executive of the Ocean Cleanup. The world is finally getting serious about plastic pollution. Next week, delegates from U.N. member states will gather in Paris to ...