In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggests 27 ...

Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily ...

Ocean microbes cannot break down plastics. Our study analysed genetic information from microorganisms in the ocean, using data from hundreds of water samples collected during expeditions.. This ...

That’s right: China alone dumped nearly 5 billion pounds of plastic waste into the ocean in 2010. But what’s even worse is just how much the study projects these numbers will grow in the ...

And the accumulation of ocean plastic is only anticipated to get worse. Researchers expect that plastic waste is going to "exponentially increase," and by 2050, there will be 25,000 million metric ...

To ascertain the quantity of plastic in Earth's oceans, the researchers analyzed a wealth of data, such as "different marine reservoirs, including coastlines, the ocean surface and the deep ocean ...

A previous study found that between 4.8 million and 12.7 million metric tons of plastic entered the ocean in 2010 from people living within 50 kilometers (31 miles) of the coastline.

Efforts to clean plastic from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch and other parts of the world's oceans could use some help from tech and citizens. Managing Editor Alison DeNisco Rayome joined CNET in ...

Without intervention soon, the amount of plastic littering the world’s oceans is expected to triple within a decade, a new UK government report warns.

All that plastic in the ocean is a climate change problem, too Researchers worry that microplastics may be messing with an important carbon sequestration process. Grist / Getty Images.

Ocean plastics harm marine life, too.Animals often confuse the plastics for food because of their size and color, which can lead to malnutrition. Sea turtles caught in fisheries operating around ...