Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger ...

Plastic bag bans may not be the best way to keep plastics out of the ocean, argues Todd Myers. (Jay Karr/Island Packet) We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly, and we have ...

Discover the alarming truth about ocean plastic pollution in this in-depth video, which examines how millions of tons of ...

Carbon dioxide levels keep climbing, even after years of promises to cut emissions. At the same time, plastic waste pours ...

Instead of focusing solely on ramping up recycling, the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act would require companies to cut the amount of plastic in their packaging—and nudge them toward ...

The Ocean Alliance Conservation Members (OACM) are planning for its first EU Environmental Tourism Industry Summit (ETIS) in Zagreb, Croatia. This Plastic Ocean Summit will be spearheaded by a man who ...

Oil spills rarely travel more than 300 km from their source before natural processes break them down. Ixtoc I, a 1979 spill ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...