Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

A cargo ship that had been delivering new vehicles to Mexico sank in the North Pacific Ocean, weeks after crew members abandoned ship when they couldn’t extinguish an onboard fire that left the ...

Living in a U.S. coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk of heart and metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, coronary ...

A groundbreaking study in the journal Science, has unveiled how deep ocean currents—known as global overturning ...

Operators have pumped water to cool the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant (FDNPP) since the ...

"While this study measured pollution in ocean water, pollution isn't limited to the sea. Microplastics are everywhere: in drinking water, in the food we eat, especially seafood, and even in the ...

Compared with people who lived near waters with low levels of pollution — defined as seeing maybe "one tiny plastic speck in 200 bathtubs of ocean water" — people who lived near highly ...

"While this study measured pollution in ocean water, pollution isn't limited to the sea. Microplastics are everywhere: in drinking water, in the food we eat, especially seafood, and even in the ...

"While this study measured pollution in ocean water, pollution isn't limited to the sea. Microplastics are everywhere: in drinking water, in the food we eat, especially seafood, and even in the ...

The researchers drew their conclusions by abandoning popular climate models that they said in recent years have not accurately reflected sea surface temperatures as observed in real-time.

"While this study measured pollution in ocean water, pollution isn't limited to the sea. Microplastics are everywhere: in drinking water, in the food we eat, especially seafood, and even in the ...

Living near microplastic-polluted waters may raise risks of diabetes, stroke, and heart disease, a study reveals. Learn about the health impacts and ways to reduce exposure.