Ocean pollution is quietly draining energy from seabirds’ cells, as mercury and forever chemicals disrupt mitochondria even ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

A blackened chunk of expanded plastic foam lies on a beach atop of a large mass of brown seaweed. A person in a raincoat walks in the distance, picking up trash as they go along. In 2020, plastic ...

Scientists discovered human-made microplastics in the hindguts of amphipods from the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on Earth at nearly 11,000 meters depth. This was no accident. The discovery ...

At issue was a regulatory dispute over the permitting standards used by the Environmental Protection Agency. Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissented, noting that the law authorizes the EPA to enforce ‘any ...

Living in a US coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk of heart and metabolic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

While most San Diego beaches remained open this weekend, the heavy Christmas week storms left an aftermath of potential danger and pollution along the coast. Tourmaline Beach is where the surf of both ...