A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

The deepest point in the Mediterranean Sea is littered with literal trash, starkly highlighting how human activity is ...

Scientists map ocean currents to trap floating trash and plastic debris, improving cleanup efforts of the Great Pacific ...

The depths of the Mediterranean Sea, often perceived as pristine and untouched, are now starkly marred by human waste. A recent study highlights the concerning reality that even the most remote ...

The floor of the Calypso Deep − a 5,112-meter-deep trench in the Ionian Sea − holds one of the highest concentrations of ...

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

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

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

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

“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 ...

In fact, we don’t really know how much impact plastic bags have on marine life. As the Ocean Conservancy itself admits, “the population-level consequences of marine debris from ingestion ...