Its impact doesn't usually stay local. NASA image reveals shocking transformation of world's largest iceberg: 'Thousands of .

Paris (AFP) – There is less plastic littering the ocean than scientists previously thought, but what is there could persist for a long time, a new study said Monday. The modelling study ...

Even more trash is suspected to be littering the ocean floor in these areas. Scientists estimate that 11-million metric tons of plastics enter the world’s oceans annually, the equivalent of ...

It's a controversial and thought-provoking finding amid efforts to clean up trash littering the world's oceans. That includes cleaning the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an infamous collection of ...

As marine litter (ML) tends to be overwhelmingly composed ... As every day tons more plastics make their way into the oceans, this provides us with the means to at least keep track of the scope ...

The vast majority—79 percent—is accumulating in landfills or sloughing off in the natural environment as litter. Meaning: at some point, much of it ends up in the oceans, the final sink.

Old water bottles, trash bags, straws, and countless other variations of plastic scrap litter the world’s beaches, eventually making their way into the ocean where they degrade over the course ...

By mapping the flow and fate of plastic waste in the oceans, the team found that at a minimum there must be a 32% reduction in plastic littering by 2035 to prevent further marine damage.