The culmination of five years of work by 600 international scientists, a major report details the growing toll of climate ...

A major UN report warns that the world's oceans are facing a deepening crisis from climate change, pollution, overfishing and ...

Learn about the global eco-crisis at the new World Ocean Plastic Planning Center in Saga prefecture – entry is free ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastics are piling up all around us, and now, scientists say, they're also piling up on the ocean floor. New research estimates ...

When oily plastic and glass, as well as rubber, washed onto Florida beaches in 2020, a community group shared the mystery online, attracting scientists' attention. Working together, they linked the ...

An estimated 171 trillion pieces of plastic are lurking in the world’s oceans, and plastic production is expected to triple by 2060 if no changes are made. This growth could result in a significant ...

Hyderabad, under the Ministry of Earth Sciences, will launch a new initiative—‘NIRMAL-Sagar’—to complement the Central Government’s ‘Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar’ mission as part of the World Oceans ...

A family collect plastic waste on the shore inn Ocean Conservancy's clean up in the Norwegian Northern town of Skjervøy. Plastic bag bans in the U.S. have proven effective in reducing plastic litter ...

Imagine being able to check the likelihood of ocean pollution the same way you check the weather. It is an idea that a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego put ...

The National Trust, which manages Portstewart Strand, has urged visitors to the beach to be vigilant.