Marine litter is a serious environmental problem worldwide. Reducing it would require implementing a global monitoring system ...

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

Explore how pollution, acidification, and climate threats impact ocean health and marine life, and discover solutions to ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics – but how much is too much? The bar is ...

Three decades of data from UK harbour porpoises show mercury is still increasing despite a global treaty to reduce it.

Pristine beaches full of plastic waste. Picturesque rivers clogged by rubbish and discarded objects. These are not the sights that you find in travel brochures. But for many countries around the world ...

WWF's statement on the commitment by the government of Norway at the Our Ocean Conference to work for the establishment of a global, legally binding treaty by 2023 to combat marine plastic pollution.

European countries have agreed on a maximum level of seabed litter permissible in EU territorial waters, with the new cap intended to help the bloc in a long-running fight against marine pollution. No ...

The International Atomic Energy Agency is organising an official side event at the UN Ocean Conference 2022, in cooperation with the Circulate Initiative and the Incubation Network, to discuss actions ...