Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic pollution could linger on ocean surfaces for over 100 years, researchers warn Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study shows plastic pollution threatens ocean life in complex and often hidden ways. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Ocean plastic pollution is one of the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet today. The vastness of the oceans, ...

The Ocean Cleanup, led by Boyan Slat, is set to deploy barriers on Mumbai's waterways to curb plastic pollution. Annually, ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

When most people think about sharks and plastic pollution, they picture entanglement or stomachs full of debris. And that happens, true! But what if the problem starts even earlie ...

Waste management capacity expansion key to curb plastic pollution: Ocean Cleanup founder ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...