The open ocean has new inhabitants ...

The real problem is that the plastic isn't just large pieces of debris like bottles and discarded fishing nets.

Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup ...

Discover how ocean plastic isn't the core problem we think it is. While plastic constitutes about 80 percent of marine ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Researchers have been visiting locations in ...

There's an 80,000-ton monster lurking in the Pacific Ocean between Hawaii and California and it's still getting bigger, NBC News reported. Arguably more frightening than any shark, the Great Pacific ...

Recent research on the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is reshaping how scientists and the public understand ocean pollution.

Far away from California's coast, where the Pacific Ocean currents swirl, the blue of the sea was replaced by fishing nets, buckets, buoys, laundry baskets and unidentifiable pieces of plastic that ...

Plastic Ocean Project will host its 5th Annual “For the Ocean Gala” on Saturday, April 25, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Aloft ...

It’s good, or at least heartening, to consider that while artificial intelligence can rob us of our jobs and perhaps at some point our very autonomy, it can also still wipe our proverbial asses.