Researchers are training ‘mighty’ marine fungi to quickly eat polyurethane, one of our most common plastics. View on euronews ...

Plastic waste harms marine animals, disrupting ecosystems and food chains that humans depend on. Plastics release harmful ...

Researchers at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa recently discovered that many species of fungi isolated from Hawai‘i’s ...

They were washed in with the tide, most likely from China or the US, thousands of miles away -- part of an enormous plastic garbage patch, spinning in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, which you ...

"Fishing gear remains in situ for a long time and in practice turns the ocean into a plastic landfill site, because particles of microplastics are formed when the materials degrade in the ocean.

Kia Corporation has developed the first car accessory using plastic taken from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The material was recovered by The Ocean ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - One nonprofit is hosting an evening of fun to celebrate its accomplishments in keeping the ocean free of plastic pollution. Marisa Marzilli and Bonnie Monteleone with the ...

Barry Rosenthal started collecting plastic garbage on a New York shoreline ... their shades of white—and their slow degradation by ocean waves, harsh sunlight, sand, and salt.