Surfrider Foundation considers July 5 the "Dirtiest Beach Day of the Year." Litter is an issue on Charleston's beaches and ...

A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...

Did you know that most of the discarded garbage ends up in the oceans, forming garbage patches? Environmentalists from the ...

New research shows shoreline litter in U.S. has been slashed by almost half since plastic bag bans have gone into effect.

Helga Huntley, Ph.D., helped develop the mathematical framework for evaluating the environmental impacts of removing plastic waste from the Pacific Ocean.

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.

Image: NOAA The Ocean Cleanup is fighting against this accumulation. In 2024, the foundation removed 11.5 million kilos of garbage from the world’s oceans and rivers.

Discover the advanced technologies and groundbreaking strategies aiming to clean ocean garbage and eliminate the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Among many efforts, The Ocean Cleanup stands out as a ...

In addition to removing trash from the garbage patch, the Ocean Cleanup has deployed trash interceptors in waste-ridden outlets to the world’s oceans, including one in Marina del Rey.

In 1997 Captain Charles Moore was sailing from Hawaii to California when he noticed a steady stream of plastics bobbing in the ocean. He had discovered the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.