After trawling through some forty years’ worth of data, scientists have identified a foreboding “plastic smog” pervading our oceans that comprises more than 171 trillion plastic particles, according ...

Open Access Government explores the issue of water pollution and its severe implications for public health and the ...

Water covers about 71% of Earth, and most of the pollution in it comes from the remaining 29% of land we live on. NOAA states that “80% of pollution to the marine environment comes from the land,” and ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

Sri Lanka is moving to substantially revise penalties imposed for marine pollution, with authorities acknowledging that the ...

The world's oceans and waterways are littered with millions of tons of plastic pollution – but scientists in a study released Thursday say we should think twice before cleaning them up. In fact, 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 ...

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 ...

Cyprus is moving to tighten its grip on marine pollution after years of fragmented oversight left authorities struggling to respond to worsening conditions in Limassol bay.Against that backdrop, the ...

Researchers explain how nitrate from farming and fish ponds moves through water and pollutes freshwater lakes.