“Nanoplastics make up the dominant fraction of marine plastic pollution,” Materić says. In the entire world’s oceans, it is estimated that there are around 3 million tonnes of floating ...

There are massive "islands" of plastic swirling around our oceans at the moment, the biggest of which is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Yet, researchers have now revealed that there are millions ...

Tons of Invisible Plastic Pieces Lurk in Ocean Water A new study offers the first estimate of nanoplastic pollution in the ocean. There’s a lot. Listen to this article · 3:49 min Learn more ...

The vision of the researchers is to reduce both ghost fishing and plastic pollution. This will be carried out in collaboration with industry, universities, research institutions and advocacy ...

States should complement production limitations with investment for research and development of plastic alternatives, which ...

Kauai’s beaches are on the front lines of a growing marine debris crisis. In 2024, Surfrider Foundation recorded the largest amount of trash ever picked up during beach cleanups across the country ...

Plastic waste travels from inland communities to the ocean through rivers, but new research from UC Santa Barbara’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory shows how to stop it at the source. Spanning eight ...

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone ...

Dwelling precariously on wave-battered, remote islands of the Pacific, Tristram’s storm petrel seems to inhabit a world ...

However, researchers are working hard to find and test alternatives to plastic materials that either last "indefinitely" or break down to form micro- and nanoplastics. In particular, the use of ...