By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of ...

While littering remains a persistent issue, a more insidious form of pollution has taken center stage : plastic nurdles. These tiny plastic pellets, barely visible to the naked eye, are wreaking ...

Plastic fills our dumps, homes and oceans. Plastic pollution takes a huge toll on wildlife: More than 700 species, including sea turtles, fish and whales, eat plastic or get tangled up in it. Plastic ...

From tiny microbeads to abandoned fishing nets, this tide of plastic pollution is choking marine life and making its way into our food chain. Hundreds of marine species now face this deadly menu ...

In the polluted waters off the Indonesian island of Sumbawa, this seahorse latched onto a plastic cotton swab—“a photo I wish didn’t exist,” says photographer Justin Hofman. PHOTOGRAPH BY ...

noting the Philippines ranks as the second most plastic-polluted country in the world. Cetaceans – marine mammals including whales, dolphins and porpoises – do not drink ocean water but ...