Plastics are piling up all around us, and now, scientists say, they're also piling up on the ocean floor. New research estimates that up to 11 million metric tons (more than 12 tons) of plastic ...

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 ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Living in a US coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk of heart and metabolic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, coronary artery ...

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 ...

When you think of plastic in the oceans, you might think of the Pacific Garbage Patch being the worst of our problems. However, it turns out there are many more areas of pollution throughout the ...

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices sounded closely split Wednesday on San Francisco’s dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency over how to stop polluted water from flowing into the ...

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At issue was a regulatory dispute over the permitting standards used by the Environmental Protection Agency. Justice Amy Coney Barrett dissented, noting that the law authorizes the EPA to enforce ‘any ...

A government watchdog for the Department of Defense found that Navy SEAL candidates frequently train in sewage-tainted waters where pollution from Tijuana regularly fouls South County shorelines, ...