Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

The accumulated floating plastic known as the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is 620,000 square miles — nearly twice the size of Texas. One group is trying to clean up the more than 100,000 tons of ...

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A laboratory study by scientist Keiko Wilkins found plastic consumed by coral can impede a reef’s growth. The study was conducted at the University of Hawaii’s Kewalo Marine Laboratory. University of ...

Microplastics have made their way into nearly every environment on Earth and have been detected inside thousands of animals around the world. Now, according to a paper in the journal Science of the ...

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Researchers from the fields of healthcare, ocean science, and social science have collaborated to quantify plastic's considerable risks to all life on Earth. The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics ...

In recent years, heart-rending images of dead or dying sea mammals and fish, their stomachs stuffed with plastic, have shocked citizens around the globe. Reports indicate that the amount of plastic ...

Plastic pollution is rife even in deep coral reefs, with most coming from the fishing industry. But while plastic pollution has been widely studied in oceans, its prevalence at coral reefs ...

Paris — Fish that have lost food due to mass coral bleaching are getting into more unnecessary fights, causing them to expend precious energy and potentially threatening their survival, new research ...