The open ocean has new inhabitants ...

A nightmare haunts our oceans. But an 18-year-old visionary dared to dream of its end. Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup, ...

Ocean pollution is usually seen as destructive, but in some parts of the sea, floating trash is creating something unexpected. Plastic debris drifting across the ocean is acting as a new kind of ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality is more complex and far more persistent. Even if we stopped all plastic ...

Machine learning reveals that ocean conditions are increasingly becoming more favorable for macroalgae growth.

A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the next 15 years — the equivalent of dumping nearly a garbage truck full of ...