A crew of engineers in the middle of the ocean will try to fix a device that was intended to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, where an estimated 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic have coalesced ...

Once seen as a barren plastic wasteland, the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now a thriving habitat for coastal species. These organisms, previously confined to shorelines, are establishing persistent, ...

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

Scientists created a large open database that uses light patterns to help satellites detect plastic in oceans more accurately from space.

Some ocean cleanup projects could deprive the world of an entire ecosystem that we do not understand and may never be able to recover,” asserts Helm. And she’s not alone, apparently. “This is not some ...

BALTIMORE — Floating fences in India. Whimsical water- and solar-driven conveyor belts with googly eyes in Baltimore. Rechargeable aquatic drones and a bubble barrier in The Netherlands. These are ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

Ocean plastic pollution is one of the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet today. The vastness of the oceans, combined with the complex nature of marine debris, makes it difficult to ...