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

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

Scientists have captured photos of litter at the bottom of the Calypso Deep, a trench 16,771ft (5,112m) below the surface of the Ionian Sea. A total of 167 objects — made of plastic, glass ...

The researchers sent a manned submarine into deep waters. Scientists issue dire warning after disturbing discovery made at the bottom of the ocean: 'Not a single inch of it is clean' first appeared on ...

We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly and we have all seen pictures and videos of marine life ...

While we’ve all seen heartbreaking photos of beaches strewn with water ... Research paper While this foam won’t single-handedly solve our ocean plastic crisis, it represents a promising ...

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 ...

Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the ...

Plastic pellets which can cause significant harm to wildlife have washed ashore following a collision between a tanker and ...

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?

Banning plastic grocery bags ... risks increasing the use of alternatives that end up doing even more environmental damage, ...