The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is the largest accumulation of ocean plastic waste, spanning an area twice the size of Texas. Composed mainly of plastic debris like toothbrushes, plates, and ...

A new analysis found that ingesting plastic can disrupt proteins that facilitate key functions in seabirds—the latest in a ...

Coast Guard says there are still a few fuel tanks that divers haven't been able to get to, which could be carrying as much as ...

Microplastics are an urgent issue in the Great Lakes. Learn what’s causing them, how it affects health and what you can do.

The Kaisei has been on three separate expeditions to monitor and report on the vast and growing vortex of trash known as the ...

A floating boom has surrounded a large two-masted sailing vessel that sank over the weekend at its Alameda dock in the Oakland Estuary. The Kaisei is a ...

Volunteers working with the Alliance for the Great Lakes pluck Styrofoam cups from the sand and catch grocery bags bouncing ...

But its scope extends far beyond the impact on ocean pollution, the focus of a groundbreaking 2020 study led by Landrigan and his Centre Scientifique de Monaco colleagues: It will take an expansive ...

Monaco Ocean Week brings together key stakeholders in the marine sector, from industry, conservation, academia, and government. Releasing the report at this major international meeting underscores the ...

The U.S. Seventh Fleet's mission is to provide operational control and planning for its forces in the Pacific and Indian Oceans.