Why is California committing to spend millions on a new ocean protection program when it can't afford health care for children, state parks, schools or to keep inmates in prison? The governor ...

The ocean is doing its best to soak up excess heat caused by greenhouse emissions, but once humanity (hopefully) achieves a ...

A study has shown that the world's oceans are facing a triple threat of planetary crises. According to Politico, the EU ...

The Ocean Legacy Foundation aims to tackle this common plastic pollution by taking discarded fishing nets, ropes, and more ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.

Large, buoyant plastic items degrade over decades, shedding microplastics as they go. These tiny fragments may eventually ...

For centuries, humans have struggled to study the vast, deep, and often inaccessible regions of the ocean. Traditional research vessels and satellites provide valuable data, but they have limitations.

Scientists found that even if all plastic dumping stopped today, floating plastics would take over 100 years to vanish.

We know pollution is a problem, and we know waste ends up in our waterways. But it's hard to quantify exactly how much waste and where it's coming from. A new, first-of-its-kind data tool aims to ...

The National Park Service said 27 privately owned houses have collapsed along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore since 2020; ...

Our oceans are full of plastic — an estimated 200 million metric tons, according to The Ocean Conservancy, a nonprofit dedicated to preserving oceans. And around the world, organizations large and ...