Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. A study published today reveals yet another hidden source of this deadly ...

A new study reveals that microplastics are present in sediments throughout the Whittard Canyon – a submarine canyon off the ...

A chemical commonly found in sunscreen could be making plastic in oceans even harder to break down, according to University ...

An ongoing campaign in Dar es Salaam, led by the Forum on Climate Change (FORUMCC) in collaboration with various ...

The UN Ocean conference has been heralded a success, with more countries ratifying a key treaty to protect marine life and ...

Thanks to a surge of innovation in circular economy technologies, ocean preservation is becoming an engine of industrial ...

This estimate shows that there is more plastic in the form of nanoparticles floating in the this part of the ocean, than there is in larger micro- or ...

Plastic waste is a growing issue worldwide. According to United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) a truck load of plastic ...

Plastic waste pollutes oceans across all regions of the world. Marine animals may become entangled in larger plastic debris such as nets and bags or ...