Explore shocking findings of microplastics in fish from Lake Ontario. Discover the impact on Great Lakes ecosystems.

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP) is a collection of marine debris in the North Pacific, captured by four currents ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Less is known about how the waste gets to the ocean. But it’s clear that ... when he announced a grand plan to sweep up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, a collection of loose marine debris ...

Unprecedented footage of a commercial trawler’s net dredging the ocean floor animates the 99-year-old like never before ...

The problem of maritime plastic-waste pollution first became apparent in the 1970s. In the half-century since then, the problem has become ever more widespread, as scientific expeditions conducted by ...

It’s one of the more serious emerging pollution threats to the Great Lakes, which have a long history of manmade threats and restoration efforts. Microplastics are formed in a number of ...

CHICAGO — Dirty air remains a chronic problem in the Chicago area. Shortly before President Joe Biden left office, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reclassified the region from ...

An Oregon man has amassed a large social media following as he sails across the Pacific Ocean for the first time with his cat. When Oliver Widger was diagnosed with Klippel-Feil syndrome ...