Scientists discovered human-made microplastics in the hindguts of amphipods from the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on ...

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

In late 2025, scientists reported that for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines.

The ocean floor is becoming a massive plastic dump, with debris accumulating in deep-sea canyons and harming marine life.

Plastic-coated fertilizers used on farms are emerging as a major but hidden source of ocean microplastics. A new study found ...

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

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 ...

Press releases are posted on Independent.com as a free community service. Santa Barbara: Explore Ecology is proud to announce that the 41st Annual Coastal Cleanup Day will be held on Saturday, ...

(CNN) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is narrowing the capabilities and reducing the number of next-generation weather and climate satellites it plans to build and launch in the ...