Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the ...

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 ...

Since the mid-1960s, the amount of commercial vessel traffic in Earth's oceans has nearly doubled, resulting in an almost 16-fold increase in background ... of sound pollution from human ...

Experts predict that in 30 years, there will be more plastic in our oceans than fish. And one study estimates that 90% of seabirds have consumed some form of plastic waste. All that pollution on ...

The WWF estimates that microplastics make up 94% of the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a swirling vortex of ocean pollution that is larger than France. Europe is taking action to slow the ...

The 5-to-4 decision is the latest setback for the agency and could have sweeping implications for curtailing water pollution offshore ... and has an extensive background in investigative reporting.

US Supreme Court Reins in EPA Power to Police Water Pollution Discharge By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court dealt a blow to the Environmental Protection Agency in a ruling ...

Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the ...