Over the past decade, environmental disasters that have damaged the world’s oceans have been chronicled. These range from ...

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-metre-deep Calypso Deep in the Ionian Sea. A total of 167 objects — mainly plastics, glass, metal ...

By Isa IsawadeCampaigns to clear beaches of litter as a way of raising “public awareness of ocean conservation and sustainable development” have started in Brazil.Volunteers were seen picking up ...

Getty Two teens turned themselves in after a video documenting them dumping trash in the ocean off Boca Raton, Fla., went viral, reports Palm Beach Post, WFLX and NBC Miami. The video of the two ...

The first ever assessment of litter in Mediterranean's deepest place located in Greece's eastern Ionian Sea has detected huge ...

Some 8 million tons of plastic trash leak into the ocean annually, and it's getting worse every year. Americans are said to use 2.5 million plastic bottles every hour. Nothing is an emergency ...

But how does our plastic waste end up littering the ocean? Even if you live hundreds of miles away from the sea, the plastic you use can still make its way into the ocean. As much as 80% of the ...

Litter dropped on the street doesn’t stay there. Rainwater and wind carries plastic waste into streams and rivers, and through drains. Drains lead to the ocean! Careless and improper waste disposal is ...

Whether you see someone litter on purpose or on accident you can be a great citizen and tell them to pick it up. If you do, ...

SodaStream, which makes popular home carbonation machines, has unveiled a 1000-foot-long contraption for cleaning plastic waste from ocean waters. CEO Daniel Birnbaum — along with 150 company ...