The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

I used to think of ocean plastic as a slow, vague threat—something that chokes turtles and whales only after years of exposure. The latest science is far more blunt: for many marine animals, it takes ...

Ocean plastics pose an “existential threat” to marine life diversity, with just small doses proving fatal. Damning new research led by experts at Ocean Conservancy has warned that thousands of ...

The bar is low, according to a new study out Monday: less than three sugar cubes worth could kill birds like Atlantic puffins, for example. That threshold "is much smaller than we expected," said Erin ...

The Ocean Cleanup has removed over 45 million kilograms of plastic from oceans and rivers, but millions of tons still enter ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics -- but how much is too much? The bar is low, according to a new study out Monday: less than three sugar cubes ...