Undergraduate and graduate students took a lead role in a Virginia Tech study that analyzed global research on marine debris, ...

More than 90 percent of the plastics in the GPGP are microplastics. Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk. Garbage mountains rising above the sea. A thick crust of filth coating the ...

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SAN FRANCISCO -- Scientists say a new study is now revealing that one of the largest patches of pollution on the planet is also teaming with life. And they're trying to learn what it means for the ...

Marine scientists are witnessing a technological revolution in ocean cleanup. Revolutionary systems are transforming how we ...

Inventor Boyan Slat is on a mission to rid oceans of plastic. His team at The Ocean Cleanup designs and deploys systems that pull trash from the open ocean. Now, he’s stopping the pollution at its ...

BALTIMORE — Floating fences in India. Whimsical water- and solar-driven conveyor belts with googly eyes in Baltimore. Rechargeable aquatic drones and a bubble barrier in The Netherlands. These are ...

Boaters were caught on camera over the weekend dumping trash into the ocean off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida, prompting an investigation by Florida state law enforcement. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

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SAN DIEGO (Border Report) — A trash boom measuring 450 feet in length has been installed on the Tijuana River channel just north of the border, a project that has been in the works for 20 years. Two ...