A heartbreaking report from South Africa, featuring tough-to-look-at photos, has revealed the devastating impact of fishing ...

One of the most abundant pelagic sharks in the world has been shown to ingest both plastic and non-plastic fibers, which ...

Plastics are becoming more present in the seas and oceans around the world. The Mediterranean—a semi-enclosed marine basin—is one of the seas that accumulates more plastic waste from the continent, a ...

In October 1984, volunteers on the coast of Oregon hauled away 26 tonnes of waste in a single day, most of it plastics. It ...

A study on spadenose sharks along the west coast of India reveals that microplastics are pervasive in both gastrointestinal ...

The prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living disability were significantly higher in coastal counties with very high vs low marine microplastic levels. Compared with ...

Ingenuity from UK and US universities has led to the development of next-generation solutions to eliminating plastic waste — particularly, in tricky marine environments. University of Edinburgh ...

Europe is building a virtual twin of the ocean to allow scientists, policymakers and citizens to test ideas, fight pollution ...

Testing for levels of microplastic contamination in marine plankton aims to help develop new ways to assess and manage the rising global pollution problem, experts say. Researchers examined the ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers project that human impacts on oceans will double by 2050, with warming seas and fisheries ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s top court on Thursday ordered the owners of a Singapore-flagged container ship that sank near its capital to pay $1 billion in compensation to the island nation’s ...