"One hundred percent of plastic marine debris tested have either similar or stronger acoustic target strengths compared with that of whale prey items," the authors report in a paper appearing online ...

Marine biologist Richard Lord and those working with him are bringing attention to this grave situation and seeking to inspire change. Marine biologist makes alarming discovery while analyzing debris ...

Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting ... The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is a gyre of plastic debris in the north-central Pacific ...

The plastic sheet had small holes that appeared ... “I hope it will serve as a starting point for people to think about marine debris as a problem close to them.” ...

Researchers found marine fungi capable of breaking down plastic. They tested fungi from Hawai‘i’s nearshore waters.

With plastic recovery operations now underway in the world’s marine garbage patches, scientists must contend with how little was known about the organisms living at the surface. Amanda was an ...

That plastic container somebody just tossed in the trash or worse, the ocean, where it can take an eternity to deteriorate, is getting a second life. As a new plastic bag. Trading house Itochu ...

Emma was enjoying the beauty of the 'Rip', one of only two fully protected marine park spaces on the southern atoll of Direction Island – a territory closer to Indonesia than the Australian mainland.

Next Saturday 8 March, the Ocean Lovers Festival has teamed up with Sofitel Darling Harbour to bring back the Marine Debris ...

The machine cannot remove 100% of plastic debris, as the material breaks down into smaller and smaller pieces and never goes ...

Birds often mistake shredded plastic bags for food, filling their stomachs with toxic debris. For hungry sea turtles ... transferring it up the food chain to bigger fish and marine mammals.