Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

and an estimated 8 million metric tons of mismanaged plastic waste entered the ocean in 2010. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

What do we get wrong when we talk about ocean plastic? A lot, it turns out. Business Insider producer Elizabeth McCauley dives into the scientific literature and talks to experts to find out how ...

Barry Rosenthal started collecting plastic garbage on a New ... and photographing sculptures of ocean trash to illustrate the problem of marine pollution. Eventually he began to gather the ...

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

Plastic waste is increasingly causing problems for fishers. Fishnets bring up bottles, propellers get tangled in bags, water ...

But there is one great problem with international law: The commitments may be solemn and legally binding, but they are hard to uphold. The pollution of oceans with plastic litter, discarded nylon ...

Vote for a strong global treaty on plastic pollution Plastic pollution is suffocating our rivers and ocean, killing wildlife and contaminating our food, air and water. Without immediate action, ...