Discover the alarming global crisis of plastic pollution and how it affects our oceans and rivers. This video explores the ...

Ocean Conservancy created a Wildlife Impact Calculator to help you understand the real benefits of your beach cleanups.

A free online calculator shows the number of seabirds, turtles and marine mammals you help protect by cleaning up plastic ...

Today is World Oceans Day, “a global day of ocean celebration and collaboration for a better future.” This year’s focus is ...

Discover how Adidas and Parley for the Oceans are pioneering the fight against plastic pollution by transforming ocean waste ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health ...

A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers from, among others, NIOZ published their results in ...

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 ...

In 1996 Captain Charles Moore, a citizen scientist and founder of the Algalita Marine Research and Education Foundation, stumbled upon what came to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a ...

Environmentalists face a hidden scourge in abandoned fishing nets that drift beneath the waves and blanket the ocean floor, ...