Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

"For coastal cities, this rewrites the script on typhoon risk," Nafea wrote. "Beyond wind and water, storms now bring an ...

Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

Researchers examined the diet and plastic ingestion of green sea turtles inhabiting waters around the Ogasawara Islands, ...

Discover how microplastic pollution is silently disrupting the ocean's ability to absorb carbon. Learn how these tiny ...

Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...

In 1996 Captain Charles Moore, a citizen scientist and founder of the Algalita Marine Research and Education Foundation, stumbled upon what came to be known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch -- a ...