While studying a remote, coral-covered island in the Mediterranean, scientists were shocked to discover that it has become ...

A startup called Gigablue claims to have reached a milestone by selling 200,000 carbon credits for its ocean-based carbon ...

The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to fund what it describes as a groundbreaking technology in the fight ...

Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily ...

This diffusion‑limited regime likely dominates for fluffier aggregates made of phytoplankton remains, fecal pellets, or ...

Nanotechnology offers practical tools to tackle food loss, energy waste, and resource inefficiencies - revealing new ...

Gulf Coast beaches are prime spots to find unique items that wash up on the shoreline, including the phenomenon beachcombers ...

The Moken, a nomadic seafaring people in Thailand, have for generations lived most of their days at sea, moving from one ...

A massive ocean survey finds plastic in every layer of the North Atlantic, revealing how deeply it has invaded marine ecosystems.

In 2010, eight million tons of plastic trash ended up in the ocean from coastal countries—far more than the total that has been measured floating on the surface in the ocean's "garbage patches." ...

Ocean Cleanup has also created giant floating “interceptor” booms that gather and remove vast quantities of plastic trash from the world’s great rivers before it reaches the oceans.

The accumulated floating plastic known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 620,000 square miles — nearly twice the size of Texas. One group is trying to clean up the more than 100,000 tons of ...