Plastic waste releases a chemical that can confuse ocean animals, change hunting behavior, and disrupt marine food chains.

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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 ...

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Ocean Conservancy is announcing how plastic waste is taking a deadly toll on Florida's marine life.

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

The Ocean Cleanup, led by Boyan Slat, is set to deploy barriers on Mumbai's waterways to curb plastic pollution. Annually, ...

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Ocean Conservancy on Wednesday released a report that proposes a four-point solution to cutting ocean plastic waste by 45 percent by 2025 with the ultimate goal of eradicating the issue by 2035.

A new study shows that most plastic pollution from rivers is transported to the ocean during short, intense flood events.