More than 70% of the world’s marine protected areas are polluted by sewage, with levels often higher than in nearby ...

Living in a U.S. coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk of heart and metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, coronary artery ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic pollution could linger on ocean surfaces for over 100 years, researchers warn Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are ...

Marine protected areas can’t stop pollution flowing in from the land and Northern Ireland’s seagrass meadows are paying the ...

Marine environments are transboundary and borderless. Ocean health is increasingly threatened by global climate change, ocean acidification, plastic ...

It’s that time of year when thoughts of sand and surf take hold. Swimming, jumping the ocean waves, snorkeling and whale watching are all part of the summer picture. And they’re all activities that ...

While most San Diego beaches remained open this weekend, the heavy Christmas week storms left an aftermath of potential danger and pollution along the coast. Tourmaline Beach is where the surf of both ...

A study of microplastics in U.S. coastal waters found that residents of counties adjacent to the most heavily microplastic-polluted waters had significantly higher rates of Type 2 diabetes, coronary ...

Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...