To matter, cleanups need to be big. Scientists make key discovery about cleanup of giant floating 'garbage patch' in ocean: ...

In addition to the health effects of ocean plastic pollution, there are economic costs too — plastics in the ocean cost roughly $13 billion per year, including the clean up costs and financial ...

The group of divers realized the concerning reality of growing ocean pollution, which even animals are trying to resolve.

The Ocean Cleanup aims to be a temporary effort, with the ambition to reduce floating ocean plastic pollution by 90% by 2040. We will cease to exist once our mission of clean oceans has been achieved.

The world dumps 2,000 truckloads of plastic into the ocean each day. Here’s where a lot of it ends up Photographs and video by Edu Ponces/RUIDO Photo Story by Angela Dewan, CNN Published April ...

Most of the total plastic pollution in the ocean is floating plastic, and that’s what’s most problematic for marine life because it can readily be eaten. The new study estimated that in 2020 ...

In 1997, Captain Charles Moore first discovered the “Great Pacific Garbage Patch,” the largest accumulation of plastic waste in the ocean. Since then, scientists have documented how plastic ...

It's an immense floating trash vortex spanning approximately 617,763.454 square miles, with Hawaii nestled in its midst. Map of the GPGP (The Ocean Cleanup) (Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson) ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. The majority of plastic that pollutes our planet’s oceans doesn’t float on the surface, but rather underneath the waves.