Plastic pollution could linger on ocean surfaces for over 100 years, researchers warn - Micro- and nanoplastics found in ...

a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column and they predict it could take over 100 years ...

Scientists predict it could take more than 100 years to remove plastic waste from the ocean's surface, according to new study ...

Think of ocean plastic and you may picture bottles and bags bobbing on the waves, slowly drifting out to sea. Yet the reality ...

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

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a ...

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

Using artificial intelligence to process drone images is allowing researchers to tackle plastic pollution in the ocean in new ways. Oceanographers and computer scientists in Japan are spearheading an ...

Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and ...

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.

Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...