More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics ...

Boyan Slat made waves when he was just a teenager with an audacious dream to rid the world’s oceans of plastic waste. Slat’s first TEDx Talk went viral in 2012, as the founder and CEO of The Ocean ...

Sewage released into our rivers by water companies is a scandal with life and death consequences. Dirty Business shows how it ...

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 ...

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 ...

"Ocean plastic" is a catch-all term for plastic debris in water, on coastlines, or in any oceanic environment, and the identification of marine microplastics two decades ago made the scale of the ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.

The measure would reauthorize EPA’s nonpoint source pollution grant program at $200 million annually through fiscal 2031.

The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee will vote on legislation this week to help communities address water pollution.