ocean plastic

If you pulled 1,000 liters (264 gallons) of water out of the ocean, how many small bits of plastic would you expect…

Manta rays and whale sharks are among the largest filter-feeding fishes on the planet. To power their bulk, they…

Plastic pollution in the oceans is a huge, disgusting problem. Which is why it’s pretty fitting that Greenpeace…

An ambitious but controversial plan to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch moves closer to reality this week,…

Two reports out this week paint an alarming future for Earth’s oceans. The first one, published by the Wold Economic…

A new study on seabirds has come to a disturbing conclusion: Their bellies are filled with plastic. Up to 90% of…

Garbage in the ocean is a big problem, but until now we didn't know how big. A study published today in Science…

Things have gotten so bad with the human predilection for dumping plastic in the seas that, by the latest predictions

On the quaint coast of Cornwall, near the town of Perranporth, there's a beach that's constantly covered in Lego.…

Last week, some strange news swept the science internet: Much of the plastic scientists expected to find on the…