Quick Key Facts Eight million tons of plastic reaches our oceans annually. The top plastic marine debris items are cigarette ...

Researchers have finally made a breakthrough in how to break down plastic effectively without needing harsh chemicals.

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis ... Protection Agency asking the government to regulate plastics as a pollutant under the Clean Water Act and will keep ...

The birds die and decay, but the plastic inside them stays forever in the sand -- a layer of man's doing that will never go away. Midway will probably vanish under rising ocean levels before the ...

The world’s oceans are facing significant challenges. According to the United Nations Regional Information Center, each year ...

Plastic can enter the ocean as large, identifiable items or as microplastics - pieces under five millimetres in length. Both pose a threat to marine life. Large pieces degrade over time to become ...

like here at an island in the Pacific Ocean called Henderson Island. Thousands of bits of rubbish wash up here every day. Some of the plastic will sink under the waves where sea creatures can ...

Plastic pollution fills our oceans ... Filed a groundbreaking petition that required the Environmental Protection Agency to address CO2 impacts on the ocean under the Clean Water Act. Carbon dioxide ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...

There are many ways to reduce plastic, and although it’s hard, it’s not impossible — that is plainly an excuse. We have to do ...

They crunched like Rice Krispies under my feet. After that, I could understand why some people see ocean plastic as a looming catastrophe, worth mentioning in the same breath as climate change.

We asked the experts: unless we change our ways, what will the ocean look like in 50 years? Plastic pollution on Henderson Island, an uninhabited island in the south Pacific Ocean. There will be more ...