AI can now detect pollution before it spreads, and might inform governments and NGOs like The Ocean Cleanup.

A new plan aims to clean more than 80% of the North Pacific Garbage Patch - the ocean's largest floating plastic garbage ...

There was a story I heard, a few years ago, about a man in the city, who went on daily walks around his neighborhood and felt sad at how much ...

Plastics tend to break down into microplastics rather than biodegrade (though there are biodegradable plastics as well). Another issue is the amount of plastic entering the oceans: approximately 11 ...

Hidden deep in the Pacific, scientists have uncovered thriving ecosystems where none should exist. On miles of drifting plastic, coastal creatures are not just surviving, they're multiplying. More ...

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A woman was killed when a private garbage truck crashed into a car in East Harlem early Tuesday, sending the vehicle into a sidewalk shed that collapsed on top of her, authorities said. The crash ...

The Great Pacific Garbage Patch, long known as a vast expanse of plastic waste, is now home to an unexpected and thriving marine ecosystem. Recent research has uncovered that the debris accumulating ...

Sometimes a single moment can change everything. For Boyan Slat, that moment happened at age sixteen while scuba diving on a vacation in Greece. He looked around and saw more plastic bags than fish.