A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year, causing harm to marine life. Animals can get tangled up in plastic ...

Research on microplastics is still ongoing — but what we know so far is deeply troubling. Researchers uncover alarming issue ...

A new study finds microplastics in nearly every organ of stranded sea turtles, including their reproductive systems.

Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the ...

Documenting the garbage along New Jersey beaches helps state lawmakers make policy decisions on plastic pollution, says this ...

Scientists have discovered that powerful underwater avalanches are sweeping huge amounts of microplastics into the deep sea, ...

Many of the sea creatures we love – birds ... and affect the health of reefs Microplastics are consumed by animals like plankton, passing the problem back up the food chain – to us. Plastic is found ...

With plastic recovery operations now underway ... but efforts such as The Ocean Cleanup contend with how to retrieve debris without harming the so-called neuston—the animals and other organisms living ...

They are not toxic, but animals that eat them can choke ... Although they are small, they are one of the largest sources of plastic pollution in the sea. "Once they're released into the waves ...

but studies on animals have shown harm to DNA and cellular activity as well as a possible cancer risk, according to the researchers. "There's more plastic in the ocean. There's more plastic in ...