Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Amid the beauty of Anilao’s waters, a powerful image captured by a diver-photographer sheds light on a persistent issue ...

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzed artery-clogging plaques from over 250 patients and found ...

Drains lead to the ocean! Careless and improper waste disposal is also a big contributor – illegal dumping of waste adds greatly to the plastic surge in our seas. Products that go down the drain Many ...

The hope is this method will provide an efficient and sustainable way to clean water across Earth. Scientists develop tiny, ...

So how does plastic end up in the ocean? There are many ways that plastic gets into our oceans and seas. One way is litter. When plastic rubbish drops on the ground, it can end up in our drains.

Much of the plastic that does not end up in landfill or go through other waste management pathways (such as recycling or incineration) is thought to end up in the ocean. Between 4.8 and 12.7 million ...

When people tend to think of plastic pollution and the oceans, they usually think of discarded soda bottles and containers washing up on our shores. But the issue of microplastics, which are much ...

If we don't stop, the ocean could be drastically changed within our lifetimes. Rivers of pollution flow into the ocean every day, with little sign of slowing down. Marine animals and birds now ...

And then there is the issue of plastic polluting our oceans and waterways. A recent study by researchers at Imperial College London and GNS Science suggests that reducing plastic pollution by 5% ...

Households across the UK buying body wash have been issued a warning to make a change this year to help cut plastic waste in ...