Scientists use satellite data to find ocean zones where trash naturally gathers for easier, faster, and cleaner clean-up.

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

In fact, we don’t really know how much impact plastic bags have on marine life. As the Ocean Conservancy itself admits, “the ...

We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly and we have all seen pictures and videos of marine life ...

Now the same team, along with their colleagues, have found signs of dementia-like brain damage, kidney and liver dysfunction, ...

Rather than being a source, the ocean appears to be a sink, in which 15 percent of all airborne microplastics are deposited.

“Garbage,” she says ... there are roughly 21,000 pieces of plastic in the oceans for every person on the planet; a total that will, by 2050, exceed the weight of all the world’s fish ...

Whether you see someone litter on purpose or on accident you can be a great citizen and tell them to pick it up. If you do, ...

Between Hawaii and California, trash swirls in giant ocean currents, caught up in the infamous, Texas-sized Great Pacific Garbage Patch. This is just one of many found across the globe. Efforts to ...

What if expiration dates could tell us more than when something goes bad? Scientists have found that dates on plastic food ...