The recent headlines around the missing Malaysia Airlines jet caught my eye and not necessarily for the mystery of locating the plane, but for the ocean debris that has been throwing off search crews ...

Eight million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. What it's done to this island is a stark warning.

The ocean plastic that washes up on Hawaii’s beaches is recycled into asphalt to pave roads. The roads are then tested for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Single-use plastics pose a major problem for the environment, especially our oceans. Did you know plastic detrimentally impacts ...

A new plan aims to clean more than 80% of the North Pacific Garbage Patch - the ocean's largest floating plastic garbage ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.

Comics artist Pete Friedrich, a comics packager and editor of the 2004 comics anthology Roadstrips: A Graphic Journey Across America (Chronicle), has created Foamy and Leafy, a self-published ...

Kristen Sarri, former president of the National Marine Sanctuary Foundation, appeared headed for confirmation as assistant secretary of State for oceans and international environmental and scientific ...

Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean. Now, he’s stopping the pollution at its ...