It floats, it drifts, it doesn’t break down. Plastic in the ocean is everywhere, but now it’s doing more than polluting. It’s becoming something else. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, where no ...

Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...

The United Nations’ High Seas Treaty came into force on Saturday, almost three years after its signing in March 2023 – and ...

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

Scientists have discovered that plastic waste in the Pacific Ocean is now home to marine life. Coastal animals are ...

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

The ocean has long acted as a stabilizing force in the climate system, quietly drawing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere ...

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

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 ...

The area between Long Beach and Seal Beach has long been a trouble spot as trash flows from urban inland cities and onto the ...

NORFOLK, Va. — No one was injured in a trash truck fire in Norfolk’s Ocean View area on Wednesday morning. The fire happened around 12:39 p.m. in the 200 block of East Ocean View Avenue. It appeared ...