“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed across a wide range of marine areas in various forms, including floating ...

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

As ocean temperatures rise and currents shift, the plastisphere may become an even more effective route for biological ...

Plastic-coated fertilizers used on farms are emerging as a major but hidden source of ocean microplastics. A new study found ...

Every piece of sea glass has a story − but sea glass could be on the decline. Olga Pankova/Moment When you stroll along a beach, you may look down and spot colorful bits of worn glass mixed in with ...

Scientists have analysed 10,000 marine animal autopsies to understand how plastic ingestion leads to death. The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, ...

Scientists have developed new models that show plastic waste is accumulating differently in oceans than previously believed. While most attention has been focused on plastic that collects in large ...

When rescuers from multiple organizations learned about a sea lion in the Salish Sea with plastic stuck around her neck, they immediately dropped everything and made her their main priority. The ...

The ocean is awash with plastic—more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals get tangled in plastics or swallow them, the chemicals released by the stuff ...

Assortment of pellets of different colours recycled from plastic waste bottles that are used for making plastic chairs during World Environment day held in Nairobi Riruta on Monday, June, 05, 2023.