Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Interceptor boat-barge could significantly clean our waters. Devised by the non-profit Ocean Cleanup organization, the garbage ...

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

Whether it is good news or bad news for the environment, the world’s largest garbage dumps are not on land — they are in the ocean. Attempts have already been made to clean them up, but so far, none ...