Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.

Fungi have been recognized as potential allies in the fight against plastic pollution for a while now. These microorganisms ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean (CNN) -- The distance from humanity ... Some 8 million tons of plastic trash leak into the ocean annually, and it's getting worse every year.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation ... for plastic pollution to be treated as the hazardous waste that it is.

The tiny island is in the path of the South Pacific Gyre - an ocean current ... Island is home to nearly 40 million pieces of plastic waste. The South Pacific island has been found by marine ...

Floating in the North Pacific Ocean is a mountain of waste the size of France ... effect on marine life (around 1 million seabirds die from encountering plastic waste each year) – so media site ...

“Plastic waste can promote microbial colonization by pathogens implicated in outbreaks of disease in the ocean,” the researchers ... from 159 reefs in the Asia-Pacific region.

As a milestone in this expansion, Plastic Odyssey is proud to announce the creation of Plastic Odyssey Fund, a US-based ...

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa recently discovered that many species of fungi isolated from Hawai‘i’s ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific Ocean. It’s the largest accumulation ... for plastic pollution to be treated as the hazardous waste that it is.