SALEH HANAN/AFP/Getty Images More Aside from the environmental concerns, plastic waste in the ocean also has significant economic implications. It is thought that plastic pollution costs the ...

A new study has some good news, but there’s a problem: Ocean pollution appears ... Agence France-Presse — Getty Images Why It Matters: Plastic pollution harms marine wildlife, and humans.

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

The report, published in Annals of Global Health, links widespread, human-caused ocean pollution to seafood ... We've all seen these horrific pictures of the whales and the turtles with their ...

High-resolution images taken by satellites in orbit around Earth can detect swathes of plastic pollution in the ... currently find their way into the ocean every year - the equivalent of one ...

“I finished taking these photos and went to the convenience ... of the headline misstated how much plastic pollution is dumped into the ocean. It is 2,000 truckloads each day.