The result was what Pinheiro calls the most comprehensive catalog to date of the acres of plastic debris impacting corals. His team found that it sits atop 92% of the reefs they studied ...

The world's oceans and waterways are littered with millions of tons of plastic pollution – but scientists in a study released Thursday say we should think twice before cleaning them up.

Scientists have found thriving communities of coastal creatures, including tiny crabs and anemones, living thousands of miles from their original home on plastic debris in the Great Pacific ...

Marine animals that usually live only in coastal areas of the western Pacific Ocean have been found living and reproducing on plastic debris on the high seas – in the Great Pacific Garbage ...

Coastal podded hydroid Aglaophenia pluma and open-ocean gooseneck barnacles Lepas were living on plastic collected in the North Pacific Gyre. It means the debris washing up along mostly windward ...

This colossal debris vortex stretching from California to Japan has become the poster child for the planet's plastic pollution crisis. Yet, amid this dire scenario, a project called The Ocean ...

A first-of-its-kind study from researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how remote sensing can help monitor and remove plastic debris from freshwater environments like the ...

But now plastic debris is strewn across Aldabra’s coastlines, threatening nearby marine ecosystems. Research finds the likelihood of coral disease increases from 4% to 89% when coral are in ...

The plastic rocks are found along the beach and form as plastic debris washed ashore breaks down and mixes with the island's volcanic rocks. "We identified (the plastic debris) mainly comes from ...

"One hundred percent of plastic marine debris tested have either similar or stronger acoustic target strengths compared with that of whale prey items," the authors report in a paper appearing online ...

It's destined to remove floating plastic waste and debris from harbors, ports, marinas, lakes and canals. The vessel could also be fitted with a portable or fixed deck to serve as a general ...