SINGAPORE — A new study has found that the amount of plastic entering the ocean is lower than previously estimated by scientists, but the volume floating on the water surface is much higher than ...

In July, the Santa Cruz community pauses to remember and celebrate the life of a visionary whose impact continues to ripple ...

A group of scientists analyzing global data collected over the past four decades have found a "rapid increase" in ocean plastic pollution since 2005, according to a research article published in ...

There are 21,000 pieces of plastic in the ocean for each person on Earth. And plastic pollution has been doubling every six years. March 8, 2023 More than ...

Plastic that enters the marine food chain can end up on our plates. ... According to an Ifremer study, around 24,400 billion microplastics are floating on the ocean’s surface.

Since that figure is a staggering 1 million metric tons (even though only 0.5% of the plastic we produce gets that far), according to The Ocean Cleanup, it will take massive movement from ...

A man has been rescued by the U.S. Army after being found floating in the seaoff Indonesia. The man was spotted by personnel aboard the USAV Palo Alto on September 1, clinging only to a plastic ...

The Latest. There’s less plastic pollution flowing into the ocean from land than scientists previously thought, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.. The ...

According to an Ifremer study, around 24,400 billion microplastics are floating on the ocean's surface. These particles are found in all marine organisms—from microalgae to fish, which occupy ...