Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

New research finds an estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic, raising concerns for marine ecosystems and human health.

New science has taken a deep dive into plastic waste, providing the first estimate of how much ends up on the sea floor.

New science has taken a deep dive into plastic waste, providing the first estimate of how much ends up on the sea floor.

Rather, we have microplastics, and a sea rife top to bottom with them, as we’ve just learned from a study funded by and published in conjunction with the U.S. National Science Foundation. In a sense, ...

All that plastic in the ocean is a climate change problem, too Researchers worry that microplastics may be messing with an important carbon sequestration process ...

Human waste, mostly plastic, was found in abundance at the deepest part of the Mediterranean called the Calypso Deep, 3.1 ...

A new report has been released by Germany-based ocean plastic recovery startup CleanHub that highlights ocean plastic pollution this year, as well as a look into its complex origins and what the ...

171 trillion pieces of plastic trash now clog the world’s oceans ‘Cleanup is futile if we continue to produce plastic at the current rate’ ...

The first inkling that the ocean floor might hold a treasure trove of minerals came in the late 19th Century when a Royal Navy ship, HMS Challenger, was sent on a pioneering expedition.

The amount of plastic in the ocean is expected to double in the next 15 years, and it’s estimated that by 2050, there could be more plastic in the ocean than fish (by weight) (Ellen MacArthur ...