LONG BEACH, Calif. (KABC) -- A six-week expedition to check out floating trash in the Pacific Ocean returns to Southern California after traveling more than 3,3000 miles with some disturbing results.

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

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

A few years ago, Simon Lorenz, owner of marine tour company Insider Divers, led a group through the waters surrounding Sri Lanka. While he and the guests were looking for whales, they noticed a pile ...

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.

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