"It really should be something that governments pour effort into, like the Manhattan Project." Scientists spark backlash with ...

The research team noted record increases in the Atlantic, Mediterranean, Indian, and Southern oceans. It published its ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

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 ...

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 ...

Rising ocean temperatures have been implicated in mass coral bleaching events affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). These ...

Oil spills rarely travel more than 300 km from their source before natural processes break them down. Ixtoc I, a 1979 spill ...

STANFORD, Calif. (KGO) -- On a sunny beach along Monterey Bay, Stanford researcher Dr. Matt Savoca and his team are tracking a devastating ocean polluter: microplastics. They're hoping to follow the ...

A new study shows ocean damage nearly doubles the true cost of carbon pollution and reshapes climate decisions.

Whale sharks, already listed as endangered, face an array of human-induced threats such as fishing bycatch, vessel strikes, and habitat degradation among them. Pollution adds another, more insidious ...

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