More than 170 trillion plastic particles found in the ocean as pollution reaches ‘unprecedented’ levels By Laura Paddison , CNN 4 minute read ...

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. Every ...

Ocean floor a 'reservoir' of plastic pollution Date: April 4, 2024 Source: CSIRO Australia Summary: New science has taken a deep dive into plastic waste, providing the first estimate of how much ...

The Ocean Cleanup aims to be a temporary effort, with the ambition to reduce floating ocean plastic pollution by 90% by 2040. We will cease to exist once our mission of clean oceans has been achieved.

The Latest. There’s less plastic pollution flowing into the ocean from land than scientists previously thought, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience.. The ...

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 ...

There are many types of marine pollution. Ocean water covers more than 70 percent of the Earth, and only in recent decades have we begun to understand how humans impact this watery habitat.

Boylan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup, said 1% of the world’s rivers are responsible for about 80% of ocean pollution. Here's what he's doing about it.

In 2011, when I was 16, I went scuba diving during a family holiday in Greece, excited to experience the eternal beauty of our ocean and its wildlife. I saw more plastic bags than fish. It was a ...

By Marci BortmanGuest essay March 24, 2024. Share. New York's elected leaders are working to craft the next state budget. ... protect clean water, and prevent pollution from reaching our lakes, ...