New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic ...

While China and the US are the world’s largest plastic producers, as well as the countries with the largest emissions of ...

With more than 1.8 trillion pieces of plastic – and counting – The Great North Pacific Garbage Patch has more plastic than ...

An estimated 100,000 tons of floating plastic polluting 620,000 square miles of the Pacific is at risk of infecting the food ...

UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen warns that the Caspian Sea faces a crisis from climate change, biodiversity loss and ...

According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the ocean traditionally functions as a "carbon sink" that ...

An important ocean cooling process created by trillions of tiny invertebrates is at risk of being rapidly altered as plastic ...

In “Here’s what we’re doing to address failing ‘Port packages’ near Sea-Tac Airport” (Opinion ... or address, is the air pollution the Port has sprayed into the air in surrounding ...

Climate change is already causing native fish species to flee northward or die, and it’s only expected to get worse, local ...

Thousands of seal pups become entangled in fishing nets and wires and are injured or killed by sharp fishing gear hooks each year ...

Stakeholders have underscored the need for satellite technology to address marine pollution, detect oil spills, protect ...

CHIGASAKI, Japan - Before global leaders take the problem of plastic pollution into their hands this month, Japanese ...