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

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

Ocean plastic is a widely known problem, typically viewed through the lens of floating debris and microplastics. However, Earth.com covered a novel study examining plastic pollution on the seafloor.

Floating ocean plastics can take more than 100 years to disappear, breaking into tiny fragments that slowly sink to the seafloor.