The real problem is that the plastic isn't just large pieces of debris like bottles and discarded fishing nets.

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

It is no secret that plastic is bad for our oceans. For years, many people have known about the many harmful effects it has on marine wildlife. From animals ingesting it to getting caught with it ...

Imagine trillions of pieces of plastic debris that, if strung together end to end, would line every inch of coastline in the world at least three times over. That’s how much garbage researchers found ...

Ocean currents are pulling plastics into a new garbage patch in Arctic waters. Seventy-nine thousand tons of plastic debris, in the form of 1.8 trillion pieces, now occupy an area three times the size ...

Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup ...