State Sen. Jesse Kiehl says he’s drafting legislation to address water pollution from cruise ships that use scrubbers to ...

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped ...

Animals that hunt in the dark with sonar may not be able to tell junk from squids BEAUFORT, N.C. -- To whales that hunt with soundwaves in the lightless depths of the ocean, a torn plastic party ...

The prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living disability were significantly higher in coastal counties with very high vs low marine microplastic levels. Compared with ...

Plastics are becoming more present in the seas and oceans around the world. The Mediterranean—a semi-enclosed marine basin—is one of the seas that accumulates more plastic waste from the continent, a ...

Testing for levels of microplastic contamination in marine plankton aims to help develop new ways to assess and manage the rising global pollution problem, experts say. Researchers examined the ...

Climate change is fueling an increasing number of marine heat waves across the globe. When this intensifying heat is coupled with pollution — especially sewage, nitrogen fertilizer agricultural runoff ...

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 ...

Artificial light at night has a profound effect land-based life—from birds to fireflies to humans. But a new study suggests we need to widen our view to include light pollution's effect on coastal ...

With the United States blocking many of the issues that needed to be resolved at the UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, the Geneva conference ended with little results. Intergovernmental ...