A new study shows ocean damage nearly doubles the true cost of carbon pollution and reshapes climate decisions.

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

Earth’s oceans reached their highest heat levels on record in 2025, absorbing vast amounts of excess energy from the ...

As plastic pollution in the world's oceans reaches critical levels, recently published research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal, ...

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Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

For decades, many chemical companies, as well as the U.S. military, treated the waters off the coast of southern California as a toxic dumping ground, creating 14 sites where chemicals like DDT were ...

Developed by the Urban Coast Institute at Monmouth University, the app compiles data from various sources, including government agencies and academic research. Users can access information on fishing ...

Fishermen have welcomed the findings of a panel set up to review feedback on government plans to manage the ocean environment. The Fishermen’s Association of Bermuda also applauded Walter Roban, the ...