”Concentrations were highest in five areas including west of southern South America and east and west of the southern tip of Africa. Plastic junk is floating widely on the world’s oceans, but ...

Plastic pollution is one of the most looming environmental crises in the world Be it in the ocean in landfills or even in the air one breathes plastic waste floats flies or moves along winds and river ...

The protective cells accumulated microplastics, instead of digesting them, and then the damaged cells clumped up in the brain ...

An estimated 1.15 to 2.41 trillion tonnes of plastic enter the oceans each year and its pollution of the waters have impacted at least 267 species worldwide. This includes 44% of all seabird ...

Due to ocean currents gyrating swirls of garbage like fishing nets, plastic water bottles, and other items that wash out of landfills, a floating garbage patch exists throughout the world’s gyres.

It can capture microplastics ranging from 1 micrometer to 4 millimeters. Researchers develop drone with teeth to help solve global issue plaguing our oceans — here's how it works first appeared on The ...

The Hollywood star tackles single-use plastic with the re-launch of Mananalu powered by Boomerang partnership.

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzed artery-clogging plaques from over 250 patients and found ...

Scientists have developed a model of floating drones that can capture microplastics in the water. Some companies have already applied this knowledge to create an underwater cleaning robot. The ...

A dinghy has been returned to its rightful owner – the local sea cadets – after being found and rescued by a Steveston couple. In early January, Steveston resident Allisa Ritchie found the six-foot ...

The plastic pollution problem across the globe is almost too big to fathom. There are hundreds of trillions of pieces of plastic floating in the world's oceans, and that's not even counting all the ...

A new immersive art installation highlights the effects humans have on ocean ecosystems, and whales in particular.