Tiny plastic pellets, known as nurdles, washed up after the Solong cargo ship struck the Stena Immaculate oil tanker off the ...

Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make drinkers happy, there are many alternatives to returning to ...

A specialist vacuum device is being used to lift plastic pellets washed up on beaches following a collision involving two ...

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

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

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

Sea turtle biologist and New York University Professor Genia Naro-Maciel writes that, while flimsy paper straws may not make ...

University of Manchester scientists have discovered significant concentrations of microplastics in the male reproductive ...

Oceana estimates Coca-Cola will release 1.33B pounds of plastic into oceans by 2030. The company dropped its reuse pledge.

The depths of the Mediterranean Sea, often perceived as pristine and untouched, are now starkly marred by human waste. A recent study highlights the concerning reality that even the most remote ...

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