Getty Image It is no secret that plastic is bad for our oceans. For years, many people have known about the many harmful ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch has long been described in terms of scale. In the waters between Hawaii and California, inside the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre, debris drifts into a broad ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

A new plan aims to clean more than 80% of the North Pacific Garbage Patch - the ocean's largest floating plastic garbage ...

SAUSALITO, Calif. (KGO) -- Nearly every day cargo ships arrive here in the Bay Area, carrying everything from cars to consumer goods. But one ship that just docked in Sausalito is delivering cargo ...

Imagine trillions of pieces of plastic debris that, if strung together end to end, would line every inch of coastline in the world at least three times over. That’s how much garbage researchers found ...

The Ocean Cleanup is putting the call out to competitors taking part in the Pacific Cup to contribute to the advancement of ...

In Hawaii, a volunteer cleanup crew is hauling more junk off Kauai’s beaches than ever before. In the 2024 Surfrider Foundation report, the nonprofit reported that its volunteers had removed more than ...

Scientists from UCSD have returned from their trip to the Northern Pacific and have brought back tales, pictures and more than 100 samples from a blob of degraded plastic that is reportedly the size ...

Plastic pollution is a global problem. It damages ecosystems, endangers animals, and in the form of nanoplastic particles, ...