As humans make fires on the beach, far-flung plastic that has washed up there melts and fuses permanently with volcanic rocks ...

Point Nemo is Earth's most remote oceanic point and a spacecraft graveyard. Discover why the closest humans to this spot are ...

Explore the farthest point on Earth from land, uncovering its location, scientific importance, extreme isolation, and ...

A material called Vivomer is being touted as the answer to the category's waste problem; it's a little more complicated than ...

Ms. Watson runs plastic pollution initiatives for the Coastal Centre and comes armed not with slogans but science. Her ...

UCRRA has set a goal to divert 90% of waste away from landfills and incineration by 2050, which aligns with the New York State Solid Waste Management Plan that calls for all municipal waste to divert ...

Oil spills rarely travel more than 300 km from their source before natural processes break them down. Ixtoc I, a 1979 spill ...

A beach in England has disappeared under a blanket of uncooked French fries and onions after a container ship spilled its ...

Mangroves, typical of tropical and subtropical latitudes, have become veritable natural traps for land- and sea-based waste.

In the wake of the December storms and January winds, large pieces of wood have remained scattered along the beaches of ...