Every piece of sea glass has a story − but sea glass could be on the decline. Olga Pankova/Moment When you stroll along a beach, you may look down and spot colorful bits of worn glass mixed in with ...

A new eco-friendly plastic called LAHB has shown it can biodegrade even in the extreme environment of the deep ocean, unlike conventional plastics that persist for decades. In real-world underwater ...

The vast and mysterious depths of our oceans hold an unexpected beacon of hope in the face of the growing plastic pollution crisis. A unique breed of deep-sea bacteria has been discovered, capable of ...

Plastic straws are one of the top contributors of plastic pollution in the oceans. With just 9% of straws capable of being recycled worldwide, hundreds of millions to billions make their way into the ...

As recently as the 1960s, perhaps later—within the life span of Tom Hanks, and within a few years of when the world was using its very first ATMs and contraceptive pills—nearly all of the planet’s sea ...

A persistent claim shared by high-profile sources such as the United Nations, (archived) (archived) World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (archived) says ...

Xia (Alice) Zhu receives funding from the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Chelsea Rochman receives funding from NSERC, ECCC, DFO. Matthew Mazloff receives funding from NASA, NOAA, NSF, UCSD. Memorial ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea can be fatal to seabirds, new research shows, revealing shockingly ...

A team of scientists at Japan's RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) has developed a plastic based on plant cellulose that decomposes in salty seawater without leaving behind microplastics.

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

For years, marine biologists have called for a ban on plastics, having witnessed firsthand the devastating impact on marine life. However, their pleas largely fell on deaf ears, given how cheap ...