Research on microplastics is still ongoing — but what we know so far is deeply troubling. Researchers uncover alarming issue ...

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

In recent years, heart-rending images of dead or dying sea mammals and fish, their stomachs stuffed with plastic, have ...

With the very serious risks sea turtles are facing, we cannot ignore the call to act. Scientists make disturbing discovery ...

The Ocean Cleanup is fighting against this accumulation. In 2024, the foundation removed 11.5 million kilos of garbage from the world’s oceans and rivers. They even put a price tag on cleaning up the ...

Scientists have discovered that powerful underwater avalanches are sweeping huge amounts of microplastics into the deep sea, ...

It’s then blown or washed into the sea. Imagine five plastic grocery bags stuffed with plastic trash, Jambeck says, sitting on every foot of coastline around the world—that would correspond to ...

Plastic pellets which can cause significant harm to wildlife have washed ashore following a collision between a tanker and container ship in the North Sea last week, the coastguard has confirmed.

A dolphin found dead along a coastal North Carolina creek was killed after a discarded plastic bag got lodged in its stomach, ...

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

A specialist vacuum device is being used to lift plastic pellets washed up on beaches following a collision involving two ships in the North Sea. It is thought the nurdles entered UK waters when the ...