From groundbreaking research to the beauty of marine sanctuaries teeming with life, these images shine a spotlight on the ...

If you've ever heard of microplastics in the ocean, you may have imagined small bits of plastic floating on the surface of the water. Unfortunately, this isn't quite the right picture ... some of the ...

According to Down to Earth, the researchers warned that plastic debris "now represented a measurable component of the ocean's carbon cycle," and that plastic pollution "adds external carbon (called ...

The problem of maritime plastic-waste pollution first became apparent in ... as scientific expeditions conducted by the Tara Ocean Foundation (of which I am executive director) have shown.

Plastic pollution—unmanaged disposal of plastic waste in water and on land—is a growing global crisis affecting the environment and animals, and an expanding body of evidence suggests negative impacts ...

Royalty-free licenses let you pay once to use copyrighted images and video clips in personal and commercial projects on an ongoing basis without requiring additional payments each time you use that ...

On the surface of the ocean, tiny plankton absorb carbon dioxide into their bodies as they photosynthesize. Later, they die and sink — or they get eaten and pooped out by other sea creatures ...

LEWISBURG — Ten-year-old Anna Langdon heard about a problem and didn’t wait for someone else to tell her how to help. The fourth grade student at Linntown Intermediate School in the Lewisburg ...

Scientists are working to understand the effects of microplastics and stem the flow of these toxic pollutants into the world’s bodies of water. But polymer production has an equally harmful effect on ...

Plastic is a major source of pollution and is devastating the world’s oceans. Sea turtles and other ocean animals mistake the kind of plastic used by Amazon – primarily plastic film – as food, which ...

Regional water quality officials have made clear they expect the systems to be modernized and adequately protected from the advancing ocean ... Malibu Lagoon. The pollution sometimes rendered ...