Living near heavily microplastic-polluted waters along the United States coastline may significantly raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, stroke and coronary artery disease, a condition in ...

Rising ocean temperatures have been implicated in mass coral bleaching events affecting the Great Barrier Reef (GBR). These ...

Plastic waste in the ocean can break down into microplastics, which researchers measured near U.S. coastlines to study possible links to higher rates of diabetes, heart disease and stroke.

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

From unclean drinking water to islands of plastic in the ocean, water pollution is a worldwide concern. A recent publication in Scientific Reports explores the potential of using native microorganisms ...

North Sea pollution / H.A. Cole -- A pollution survey of the Trondheim Fjord, as influenced by sewage and the pulp mill industry / G. Berge, R. Ljøen and K.H. Palmork -- Pollution in the Baltic / B.I.

The 120-mile Tijuana River flows from Baja California into the United States and discharges millions of gallons of wastewater — including sewage, industrial waste and runoff — into the Pacific Ocean ...

The sea breeze, magical evenings, blissful rains — living near the ocean is almost as perfect as a dream. But all that serenity may come at the cost of your health. A recent study found that people ...

Scientists at NASA are beginning to look at ocean debris from an unfamiliar angle, not from ships or beaches, but from orbit.

Imagine being able to check the likelihood of ocean pollution the same way you check the weather. It is an idea that a team of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego put ...

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