The Ocean Cleanup aims to be a temporary effort, with the ambition to reduce floating ocean plastic pollution by 90% by 2040. We will cease to exist once our mission of clean oceans has been achieved.

The researchers drew their conclusions by abandoning popular climate models that they said in recent years have not ...

It’s a mistake to think of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch as an island of trash, though, Matthias Egger, the head of environmental and social affairs at The Ocean Cleanup, a non-profit ...

Boylan Slat, founder of The Ocean Cleanup, said 1% of the world’s rivers are responsible for about 80% of ocean pollution. Here's what he's doing about it.

OCEAN PLASTICS POLLUTION A Global Tragedy for Our Oceans and Sea Life. ... Fish in the North Pacific ingest 12,000 to 24,000 tons of plastic each year, which can cause intestinal injury and death and ...

Marine pollution, as distinct from overall water pollution, focuses on human-created products that enter the ocean. ... The garbage patch floating in the Pacific Ocean, ...

Stock image of plastic pollution in the ocean. ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch is located across several sites in the Pacific, formed by ocean currents.

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

A study by UC San Diego researchers reveals that pollutants found in the sewage-laden Tijuana River are ending up in the air near the U.S.-Mexico border in San Diego County.

Ask Ben Lyles, a former biology teacher, if the ocean off the coast of Southern California will still be a good place to swim or surf in, say, 2050, and he answers by saying how much he wants to ...

The high court took up San Francisco’s bid to challenge how the government regulates water pollution. Kelsey Reichmann / May 28, 2024. ... [Clean Water] Act, the generic prohibitions leave the city ...