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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 ...

Even if plastic pollution stopped entirely today, floating plastic would remain on the surface of the sea for 100 years, according to a new study. Scientists have long been puzzled by the fact that so ...

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running ...

Unfortunately, as far as the Mediterranean is concerned, it would not be wrong to say that “not a single inch of it is clean.” ...

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 ...

Waste is pictured on the eve of a cleaning campaign of Marseille's "Vieux port" harbour sub sea floor, on November 6, 2015 in the Mediterranean sea. BORIS HORVAT BORIS HORVAT/AFP via A crewed ...

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

Record levels of pollution from microplastics threaten marine species, fisheries activities and human health. A new report from the WWF finds record levels of pollution from microplastics in the ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...