Marine pollution, as distinct from overall water pollution, focuses on human-created products that enter the ocean. Before 1972, humans around the word spewed trash, sewage sludge, and chemical ...

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic ... and is working to stop plastic pollution at the source, before it ever has a ...

Oceans have absorbed the vast majority of the warming caused by burning fossil fuels and shielded societies from the full ...

where it accumulates before being broken down into smaller pieces and mixed into ocean sediment. “We know that millions of tonnes of plastic waste enter our oceans every year but what we didn’t know ...

Oil spills may be dramatic and devastating, but they’re not the biggest contributor to ocean oil pollution — not by ... in more research — and not just after high-profile oil spills.

There are an estimated 170 trillion pieces of plastic in the world's oceans today AFP Plastic pollution in the ... in trends between 1990 and 2005. After that, the samples skyrocket.

Slat’s first TEDx Talk went viral in 2012, as the founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup described his detailed plan for tackling the Great Pacific Garbage Patch — and ocean pollution in general.

The world's oceans and waterways are littered with millions of tons of plastic pollution – but scientists in a study released Thursday say we should think twice before cleaning them up.

A study by UC San Diego researchers reveals that pollutants found in the sewage-laden Tijuana River are ending up in the air ...

PARIS, France — Plastic pollution in the world's oceans has reached "unprecedented ... then a fluctuation in trends between 1990 and 2005. After that, the samples skyrocket.