Using artificial intelligence to process drone images is allowing researchers to tackle plastic pollution in the ocean in new ways. Oceanographers and computer scientists in Japan are spearheading an ...

Two garbage trucks of plastic hit the ocean every minute. Microplastics are in your brain. Recycling doesn’t work. What the ...

When you think of plastic in the oceans, you might think of the Pacific Garbage Patch being the worst of our problems. However, it turns out there are many more areas of pollution throughout the ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

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 ...