The real problem is that the plastic isn't just large pieces of debris like bottles and discarded fishing nets.

The open ocean has new inhabitants ...

Plastic Ocean Project will host its 5th Annual “For the Ocean Gala” on Saturday, April 25, from 6 to 10 p.m. at the Aloft ...

Close-up of a sample collected with the neuston net, showing plastic particles with considerable animal 'by-catch' Credit: Annika Jahnke / UFZ Close-up of a sample collected with the neuston net, ...

The recent headlines around the missing Malaysia Airlines jet caught my eye and not necessarily for the mystery of locating the plane, but for the ocean debris that has been throwing off search crews ...

Each day 8 million pieces of plastic find their way into our oceans, harming marine wildlife and biodiversity. Experts say ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. When you think of plastic in the oceans, you might think of the Pacific Garbage Patch being the worst of our problems.

Negotiators working on a potentially historic international agreement to limit plastic pollution wrapped up talks this week in Ottawa, Canada, leaving some observers with guarded hope about the ...

Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean. Now, he’s stopping the pollution at its ...

Amid the layers of microbes surrounding the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, scientists have discovered a plastic-eating fungus called Parengyodontium album, which appears to be eating away at some of the ...

Instead of focusing solely on ramping up recycling, the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act would require companies to cut the amount of plastic in their packaging—and nudge them toward ...