Rosenthal chose oddly shaped plastic objects for this composition. Plastics will indeed be the artifacts of our era, particularly in oceans, where the material invades ecosystems and floats around ...

So where does the oceans' plastic waste come from ... That is a gloomy outlook for the aquatic environment where 493 Mt of plastic could pile up by 2060, of which more than half from sub-Saharan ...

When photographer Mandy Barker returned to the English beach where she collected shells as a child, she found a baby’s car seat and a refrigerator among piles ... plastic floating around the ...

Researchers discovered ­plastic, glass, metal and paper on the bed of the Calypso Deep, a 5,112-metre depression in the Ionian Sea about 60km west of Greece. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp ...

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?

“Ocean plastic pollution is a crisis here in Hawaii ... ranges from microplastics that contaminate coastal waters and harm marine life to massive piles of plastic waste along Kamilo Beach. The Clean ...