WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - One nonprofit is hosting an evening of fun to celebrate its accomplishments in keeping the ocean free of plastic pollution. Marisa Marzilli and Bonnie Monteleone with the ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Wilmington-based environmental nonprofit Plastic Ocean Project is hosting a pre-release screening of their documentary short film “356″ on Thursday, June 8, at 6 p.m. The ...

Three months ago, five gifted students from St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School started sacrificing after-school time and Saturdays to come up with a winning project idea that would combat a problem in ...

A new global alliance supports a community-investment project called Renew Oceans as part of its commitment to reduce plastic waste in the environment. Ten rivers transport more than 90% of ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

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 ...

Even if plastic pollution stopped entirely today, floating plastic would remain on the surface of the sea for 100 years, according to a new study. Scientists have long been puzzled by the fact that so ...

Marine plastic waste is a huge problem, but non-profit the Ocean Cleanup has been taking a bite out of floating trash in oceans and rivers for the last few years. Now pop-rock band Coldplay is about ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...