Debris produced by human activity has now been spotted at a depth of 5,112 meters (3.2 miles) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Mark Rowe reports on the failure to agree on an international treaty to limit plastic pollution and what our best hopes are ...

The Great Atlantic Sargassum Belt has puzzled researchers since 2011. A new model demonstrates that the alga was brought to the tropics by strong currents, and thrived in ideal growing conditions.

Scientists have captured photos of litter at the bottom of the Calypso Deep, a trench 16,771ft (5,112m) below the surface of ...

The fallout from the North Sea oil tanker collision on March 10 may have you reflecting on other significant man-made ...

1. The North Pacific has a plastic trash problem that popularly goes by the name X. But contrary to what it suggests, the ...