The amount of plastic packaging on U.S. products (not just on personal care items) has increased by over 120 times since 1960—with almost 70 percent of that waste piling up in landfills.

In a leap toward sustainable desalination, researchers have created a solar-powered sponge-like aerogel that turns seawater ...

The rankings in this chart reflect the largest total amounts of plastic waste flowing into the oceans annually, not the highest per capita amounts. For example, Bangladesh ranks 10th overall, with ...

In honor of International Fairy Day, which is celebrated this week, I’m sharing a story that proves that a bit of magic — and ...

Plastic in oceans is among the biggest threats to marine life in India, a global survey involving marine scientists has said. A total of 58 ocean experts from 19 countries participated in the survey.

The study adds weight to less formal analyses of plastic bag bans conducted by advocacy organizations and could inform negotiations later this summer over the United Nations’ global plastics ...

A man shows plastic pellets, that have been washing ashore ever since a Liberian-flagged container ship MSC ELSA 3 sank off the Kerala coast, on ‘World Environment Day’, at Kovalam beach, in ...

Bedrock Ocean has developed an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that runs for up to 12 hours off its lithium-ion batteries while mapping the floor using its sonar and magnetic sensors.

Global plastic pollution is estimated to triple by 2040, with the UN Environment Programme warning that up to 37 million tonnes of waste could enter marine ecosystems each year.

Using computer models of ocean tides over the past 21,000 years – back to the peak of the last ice age – we found that each of these mud patches formed at different times.