Sightings of junk-filled waters are common—and not only in Southeast Asia, says marine biologist Nicholas Mallos, who runs the Ocean Conservancy’s Trash Free Seas program. “Accumulations ...

A new study published in Environmental Research Letters reveals a disturbing trend in the North Pacific ... debris now surpasses the volume of living organisms in the region, threatening marine ...

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting ... All five of the Earth's major ocean gyres are inundated with plastic pollution. The ...

The Great Pacific Garbage ... The Ocean Cleanup says it can clean up to 90% of floating ocean plastic by 2040. Ocean plastic ...

Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean ... on marine life and plans to launch an inquiry into the effects on human health, including fetal formation. One study found that man-made marine debris ...