Community-led research from UC Santa Barbara’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents ,and eight ...

Known for its “sachet economy,” the Philippines is among the biggest contributors to ocean plastic pollution that has been ...

Nanoplastics entered the Atlantic via rivers, sunlight-driven plastic breakdown, and even through the air with rain or dust.

It's time to get at the root of this ocean crisis.The Center has petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency to begin regulating plastics as a pollutant and is working to stop plastic pollution at ...

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.

This Treaty Could Stop Plastic Pollution—or Doom the Earth to Drown in It. ... For example, the Ocean Conservancy is calling to halve the manufacture of single-use plastics by the year 2050, ...

For years, scientists have struggled to solve the "plastic paradox"—the mystery of millions of tons of missing plastic.

A ship tows The Ocean Cleanup’s first buoyant trash-collecting device into the Pacific Ocean from the San Francisco Bay in 2018. (Lorin Eleni Gill / Associated Press) Sept. 12, 2024 3 AM PT ...

“We discovered that the ocean floor has become a resting place, or reservoir, for most plastic pollution, with between 3 to 11 million tonnes of plastic estimated to be sinking to the ocean floor.

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably picked up on a growing anxiety around plastic pollution. Plastics and the long-lasting chemicals they’re made of are accumulating in our oceans, ...

OCEAN PLASTICS POLLUTION A Global Tragedy for Our Oceans and Sea Life. Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in ...