One of the most damaging types of marine plastic pollution is abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear – commonly called ... Working with fishers to keep ghost gear out of the ocean not only benefits ...

Deep in the ocean there are over 250,000 different species of animal! However, many of these creatures are in trouble because of the pollution and waste that humans have produced. Don’t worry ...

More than 80 percent of marine pollution comes from land-based activities ... Global warming is causing alterations in ocean chemistry and many oceanic processes, and it is threatening many ...

In densely populated coastal areas, reactions of polluted air with sea salt aerosol from the ocean can lead to high ... combination of concentrated pollution from the ship's exhaust and sea ...

The damaged vessel is being taken to a Scottish port by salvage tugs, HM Coastguard says. Volunteers on islands lapped by the Channel will be cleaning beaches in annual litter pick. A professor ...

This gear is mostly made from non-degradable types of plastics ... without causing pollution. "Fishing gear remains in situ for a long time and in practice turns the ocean into a plastic landfill ...

“We know enough to act to reduce plastic pollution from entering the oceans, lakes, and rivers.” Nations can enact bans on certain types of plastic, focusing on those that are the most ...

Mr Harrison says it is important to analyse the sources and types of plastics ... by plastic pollution. Volunteers around the country participated in the first ever World Ocean Day Down Under ...

The results show plastic pollution "remains a huge problem for our marine environment", the charity said. During MCS beach cleans, volunteers go through stretches of beach picking up items of ...