New analysis of Brazilian sharpnose sharks has revealed that the illicit drugs are getting into the ocean and contaminating ... about the threats of marine pollution.) “While I’m not at ...

And plastic comes on top of other stressors affecting life in the ocean—climate change, overfishing, shipping traffic, noise pollution. “It’s a real shame because their lives are challenging ...

Though ocean-borne plastic trash has a reputation ... the animals at the top of the food chain. (Read National Geographic magazine's "The Pollution Within.") Moore estimates plastic debris ...

“If we don’t get the plastic pollution problem in the ocean under control, we threaten contaminating the entire marine food web, from phytoplankton to whales. And by the time the science ...

Oceanographer Sylvia Earle, a National Geographic explorer-in-residence ... and other staples of its diet. As the oceans suffer from overfishing, pollution, and the mounting impacts of climate ...

Because tires are made of natural rubber and plastic, it’s easy to miss just how much they contribute to pollution ... way to the oceans. Image by Hannah Whitaker, National Geographic But ...

From big pieces of garbage to invisible chemicals, a wide range of pollutants ends up in our planet's lakes, rivers, streams, groundwater, and eventually the oceans. Water pollution—along with ...

National Geographic released the trailer and key art for Ocean with David Attenborough, a feature-length documentary that marks the broadcaster’s first collaboration with the acclaimed natural ...