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 ...

Putting aerosols in the stratosphere to reflect sunlight could prevent the shutdown of key ocean currents, but only if it is ...

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A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Motes of plastic less than a micrometer across could outnumber larger fragments and particles floating through the oceans to ...

Plastic waste pollutes oceans across all regions of the world. Marine animals may become entangled in larger plastic debris ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

The invisible threat to oceans and humans - our report in category News in DiveInside - the fresh online magazine of Taucher.Net ...

Rocks on Iceland beaches confirm the Late Antique Little Ice Age, caused by volcanic eruptions, precipitated the fall of the Roman Empire.

A groundbreaking discovery reveals that the Southern Ocean is undergoing an unprecedented reversal in circulation. Read on to ...