A wipeout into a sea of rubbish over two decades ago prompted Ernest Goh to shed light on the growing plastic pollution crisis. The artist and photographer founded the “Ayer Ayer” project – an ...

The ocean has long acted as a stabilizing force in the climate system, quietly drawing carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and storing it in its depths. That natural buffer is now being eroded as a ...

A new study has some good news, but there’s a problem: Ocean pollution appears to be growing fast. By Delger Erdenesanaa There’s less plastic pollution flowing into the ocean from land than scientists ...

Even if plastic pollution stopped entirely today, floating plastic would remain on the surface of the sea for 100 years, according to a new study. Scientists have long been puzzled by the fact that so ...

The good news is that, according to recent research in the journal Nature Geoscience, we’re dumping less plastic into the ocean than previously estimated. The bad news is that it’s still a dangerously ...

Plastic in the oceans not only endangers wildlife, it also carries dangerous pollutants and worsens climate change. Plastic in the oceans not only endangers wildlife, it also carries dangerous ...

Mr. Slat is the founder and chief executive of the Ocean Cleanup. The world is finally getting serious about plastic pollution. Next week, delegates from U.N. member states will gather in Paris to ...