A Holly Springs teen’s startup turns recycled bottles into swimwear and removes a pound of ocean plastic for every sale.

It’s been more than a decade since California enacted a soft ban on single-use plastic bags at grocery stores and other ...

Plastic debris is now a troubling reality in oceans and along shorelines worldwide. From tiny microplastics to large waste ...

This diffusion‑limited regime likely dominates for fluffier aggregates made of phytoplankton remains, fecal pellets, or ...

"The reef is located just 1.5 nautical miles from the shore." Divers capture video of heartbreaking scene while exploring ...

Levels of microplastics found in the environment have surged in the past few decades, with current plastic production at more than 300 million tons annually, and an estimated 2.5 million tons ...

When you outlaw or discourage the sale of plastic bags, fewer of them end up as litter on beaches.

Hundreds of people took to the streets in the freezing dusk of Chile's capital on Saturday to watch a performance calling for greater protection of the world's oceans.

You eat thousands of bits of plastic every year. Though abundant in water, air, and common foods, it’s unclear how it might affect our health.

Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when toxins in the oceans make landfall they imperil the health and well-being of more than 3 billion people, according to a new report by an ...

Researchers just discovered alarmingly high levels of microplastics in the Chagos Marine Protected Area in the Indian Ocean.