Marine Litter

The Hack the oceans workshop experiments with recycled materials and electronics to create an environmental water drone.

UK marine conservation survey finds some 8,224 items of rubbish per kilometre of sand

Plastic garbage has made its way into every ocean in the world. New research shows that it doesn’t matter where in the world plastic garbage enters the ocean, it can end up in any of the ocean basins.

Coral ecosystems support around 500,000,000 people, but are severely threatened; the Coralbots team aim to revolutionize how such threats are tackled.

Marine Parks WA showcases Marine Parks, Animals, Ecosystems and Environmental Management on the Western Australian Coast

With so many types of plastic, knowing how recycling plastic grades work can help make your life a lot easier. You don’t want to throw it out if it could be recycled.

Wildlife experts will debate the importance of emotion in conservation science for the annual Earthwatch lecture on Thursday. Here, they lay out their arguments

Sacramento State students are sending a message to local government and advocating a halt on plastic bag usage on campus in order to promote a healthier, cleaner environment.

Don't like the idea of plastic ending up at the bottom of the ocean? Keen to check out all of the brilliant ways it can be re-used, recycled and reclaimed and turned into new stuff.

By: Sarah Opfer The Great Lakes, while old, are not quite as ancient as the world’s oceans. Approximately 10,000 years ago, retreating glaciers carved out basins and filled them in with melt water....

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Many people are familiar with a “garbage patch” being a large area of floating debris in the Pacific Ocean, discovered in 1988. A garbage patch was discovered in the Great Lakes last year by a group of university researchers. The kind of garbage scientists are most concerned about are newly discovered “micro-plastics” floating near the surface of the water in high concentrations

The Index is a comprehensive scientific measure of the ocean’s overall condition. It advances ocean policy, compares future progress, and informs decisions regarding marine ecosystems worldwide.

Plastic debris in our Ocean can outlast many generations of Marine Mammals and Sea Turtles. Please dispose of trash properly and reduce, reuse and recycle whenever possible. Together we make it possible.

FIRST PHOTO: A large steel buoy pulled from the ocean Thursday rests on the shore at Makena State Park on Friday morning as Cheryl King and Maui...