They found a “rapid and unprecedented” increase in ocean plastic pollution since 2005, according to the study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE. “It is much higher than previous ...

A group of scientists analyzing global data collected over the past four decades have found a "rapid increase" in ocean plastic pollution since 2005, according to a research article published in ...

And they’re starting with rivers. To study the plastic pollution entering the ocean from rivers and other waterways, The Ocean Cleanup attached AI cameras to bridges. By measuring the flow of ...

New research from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, and the University of Toronto in Canada, estimates up to 11 million tonnes of plastic pollution is sitting on the ocean floor.

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.

Vote for a strong global treaty on plastic pollution Plastic pollution is suffocating our rivers and ocean, killing wildlife and contaminating our food, air and water. Without immediate action, ...

UNESCO and Plastic Odyssey have announced a new strategic partnership to address the escalating crisis of plastic pollution ...

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 accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...