With no federal mandates to protect air and water, pollution levels were catastrophic, creating dangerous living conditions ...

Vote for a strong global treaty on plastic pollution Plastic pollution is suffocating our rivers and ocean, killing wildlife and contaminating our food, air and water. Without immediate action, ...

In its June issue, National Geographic magazine has published a selection of startling photos ... pollution we can see at the surface is probably just a small proportion of what's in the ocean.

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

Dr. Mark Meekan, a lead researcher from The University of Western Australia’s Ocean Institute ... of whale sharks and search for signs of pollution-linked health issues. The project is co ...

We've all seen the dreadful images that show this as it happens ... Australia also broke down the proportion of plastic pollution in the ocean's main tributaries by capital city.

Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the ...