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

These plastic particles ... According to an Ifremer study, around 24,400 billion microplastics are floating on the ocean's surface. These particles are found in all marine organisms—from ...

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying ...

Captain DC Sekhar, a former Merchant Navy officer, has removed over 1 lakh tonnes of trash from rivers using a low-cost, fuel ...

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 ...

Fast-moving underwater avalanches, known as turbidity currents, are responsible for transporting vast quantities of ...

but unfortunately our used plastic is getting into the ocean. It can end up causing all sorts of problems for sea life and marine mammals. But how does our plastic waste end up littering the ocean?

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

Hu said that some of the ocean plastic came from the fishermen themselves ... "We called on the fishermen to store garbage on the boat, collect floating plastics and bring them back to shore ...

Mysterious, floating stones have been found on beaches across Monmouth County and ocean officials are trying to figure out ...