Researchers found marine fungi capable of breaking down plastic. They tested fungi from Hawai‘i’s nearshore waters.

These objects have little in common beyond their shades of white—and their slow degradation ... ocean trash to illustrate the problem of marine pollution. Eventually he began to gather the ...

In order to give you context for this ongoing challenge, this Spotlight guides you through both the basics of marine mammals and the fundamental sources of acoustic pollution in their habitat.

Human activities are threatening the health of the world's oceans. More than 80 percent of marine pollution comes from land-based activities. From coral bleaching to sea level rise, entire marine ...

The study is published in Marine Pollution Bulletin. Three years after the bulk carrier MV Wakashio ran aground on a coral reef off Mauritius, spilling around 1,000 tons of a new type of marine ...

controlling coastal pollution, and expanding marine protected areas. The study is the first comprehensive examination of the impacts of ocean pollution on human health. It was published in the online ...

all of which can harbor marine debris. The threat of entanglement or ingestion of waste materials is high - and with the species’ natural habitats threatened by both pollution and increasing ...

Researching ways in which plastic wastes are released into the oceans and the impact of marine plastic debris on the ocean environment The Southeast Asian region is thought to be a hotspot for marine ...