Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and cleanup, a new study shows. Every year, many millions of tons of plastic ...

Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles afloat in the world’s oceans. This highlights how urgently we need to develop ...

Autonomous, solar-powered robots are collecting plastic from rivers and coastal waters to help prevent waste from reaching ...

Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, Japan, and detected plastics in 7 of the 10 individuals studied. By integrating ...

Newswise — More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics accumulate in coastal waters, they continuously leach bioactive ...

Marine microplastic pollution is associated with higher rates of several cancers in U.S. coastal counties, according to ...

Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific evidence, we see how microplastics permeate every sample of beach sand across ...

Plastic lost on the beach also continues its journey. Small fragments tossed by waves know no city boundaries or national ...

Learn more about the marine fungi that could be conditioned to help clean up Hawai’i’s beaches. Hawaii is home to some of the world’s most beautiful landscapes. Striking blue waters, lush jungles, and ...

First, let’s get real: Not all plastic is bad. Bike helmets, car airbags, and many medical supplies made with plastic save ...

The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Korea and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Republic of Korea co-hosted a high-level side event at the 10 th Our Ocean ...