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

The ocean is under increasing pressure. Everyday human activities, from shipping to oil and gas exploration to urban ...

Discover the alarming global crisis of plastic pollution and how it affects our oceans and rivers. This video explores the ...

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 is the lifeblood of our planet—producing over half of the world’s oxygen, regulating global temperatures, and supporting millions of species. Yet today, marine ecosystems are under severe ...

We know pollution is a problem, and we know waste ends up in our waterways. But it's hard to quantify exactly how much waste and where it's coming from. A new, first-of-its-kind data tool aims to ...

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

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

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 ...