"We were just in the right place at the right time to free these beautiful creatures." Boaters take action after making ...

Plastic island means new ways for coastal species to spread. Related videos Ed Begley Jr. on Sustainable Living and Climate ...

Midway will probably vanish under rising ocean levels before the plastic decays. "These are the classic 'canary in the coal mine' scenarios," said Brown. "This is an animal that relies entirely on ...

Evidence is emerging that these tiny particles can cause outsize harm to marine ecosystems and to human health.

Since 2019, The Ocean Cleanup has been ... toward the areas with the greatest plastic density, and underwater cameras monitor for any marine animal life caught in the "retention zone." ...

Many of the sea creatures we love – birds, fish, turtles and whales – die because of the plastic that’s suffocating our seas. Plastic is choking our oceans. Sir David Attenborough told us during Blue ...

Green sea turtles ... humans heap on these creatures. Workers here have seen turtles with balloons lodged in their intestines, turtles with flippers broken after getting caught in fishing nets ...

This could help reduce the amount of plastic waste in the ocean, lessening the incidence of sea creatures eating plastic ... The project has caught the attention of Japan's government, whose ...

Rivers of pollution flow into the ocean every day, with little sign of slowing down. Marine animals and birds now regularly eat plastic, and so do humans. It is estimated that by 2050 there could be ...

Researchers believe the new system could help cleanup projects identify areas of concentrated ocean plastic pollution and even forecast where and when it might disperse. They also believe the ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...