A global study led by UC Riverside uncovers 250 human-made chemicals in oceans, from industrial chemicals to pharmaceuticals.

Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific evidence, we see how microplastics permeate every sample of beach sand across ...

The ocean is the lifeblood of our planet—producing over half of the world’s oxygen, regulating global temperatures, and supporting millions of species. Yet today, marine ecosystems are under severe ...

Scientists have discovered that the ocean’s “missing” plastic hasn’t vanished—it has broken down into trillions of invisible nanoplastics now spread through water, air, and living organisms. These ...

When oily plastic and glass, as well as rubber, washed onto Florida beaches in 2020, a community group shared the mystery online, attracting scientists' attention. Working together, they linked the ...

The dispute centers around a technology used on some Carnival ships called open-loop scrubbers. They’re known for reducing ...

Imagine being able to check the likelihood of ocean pollution the same way you check the weather. It is an idea that a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego put ...

Ocean Conservancy created a Wildlife Impact Calculator to help you understand the real benefits of your beach cleanups. If ...

An estimated 171 trillion pieces of plastic are lurking in the world’s oceans, and plastic production is expected to triple by 2060 if no changes are made. This growth could result in a significant ...

Pollution entering the ocean from the Tijuana River has been a problem for decades, but beach closures have increased in recent years Environmental educators say the closures are hurting kids and ...

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

MACH Engineering reports that industrial water pollution remains a significant issue in the U.S., with many businesses ...