Oil spills rarely travel more than 300 km from their source before natural processes break them down. Ixtoc I, a 1979 spill ...

Several states across the U.S. have enacted statewide bans on plastic grocery bags, urging customers to bring their own reusable ones ...

The High Seas Treaty will govern about two-thirds of the planet's oceans including vast areas beyond any country's borders.

The world’s first legally binding agreement to protect marine life in international waters takes effect Saturday ...

OCEANSIDE, Calif — Why bring your own toys to the beach when you could just borrow a toy? In September 2025, a wooden toy box was installed in Oceanside on The Strand, south of the children's ...

A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the next 15 years — the equivalent of dumping nearly a garbage truck full of ...

SUGAR LAND, Texas (KTRK) -- The Sugar Land Police Department says officers have arrested a plastic surgeon for allegedly operating on a patient while intoxicated. An indictment against Doctor Azul ...

A team of researchers in Japan has unveiled a groundbreaking plant-based plastic that could revolutionize the fight against microplastic pollution. Made from carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), a ...

Coral reefs, often called the rainforests of the sea, are among the most biologically diverse and ecologically important ecosystems on Earth. Despite covering less than 1% of the ocean floor, they ...

Millions of tons of microplastics flow into the ocean every year, but tracking the movement and accumulation of those microscopic polymers is difficult. A new study builds a theory of how spherical ...

On Monday, Duncan Watson-Parris closed his welcoming remarks on the first meeting of the GAIA Initiative with an inviting flyover video of the Scripps campus. But even some among the artificial ...