Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

'If we don't do something quickly, the oceans in 50 years won't look like they do today,' scientist warns in an interview with SolveClimate News Sign up here. The state of the oceans can best be ...

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

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 ...

HTO Leads Large Scale Educational Community Cleanups (Heal the Ocean photo). As the holiday season approaches, the spirit of giving is ready to shine. Giving Tuesday, celebrated the Tuesday after ...

This story was originally published by Yale 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. They call it “The Blob.” A vast expanse of ocean stretching from Alaska to California ...

Working to stop harmful marine pollution at the source. © Troy Mayne / WWF The health, resilience and productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems is increasingly ...

Nitrogen pollution could intensify global water scarcity threefold by 2050, scientists warn in a recently published paper. In addition, “newly emerging pollutants,” such as microplastics, heavy metals ...

Recent research has forged a new reason to take B vitamin supplements — protection from the deleterious cardiovascular effects of air pollution. But the data are far from conclusive and much more work ...