This means more toxic air pollution and plastic in our oceans. We need urgent action to address ... It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is it? Using the map below, ...

With the organization’s technology, an area of the ocean the size of a football field is being cleaned every five seconds.

NGM MAPS. Source: “spatial and temporal changes in cumulative human impacts on the world ... including pollution. In all, the researchers classified more than 40 percent of the ocean as ...

Widespread ocean pollution ... of ocean pollution on human health. It was published in the online edition of the Annals of Global Health and released at the Monaco International Symposium on Human ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring,' alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds -- the bald eagle in ...

The scope of potential loss is staggering: The oceans are the world’s largest ecosystem ... Rising temperatures are remaking the map of the oceans. As polar ice retreats, the Northwest Passage ...

Human activities are threatening the health of the world's oceans. More than 80 percent of marine pollution comes from land-based activities. From coral bleaching to sea level rise, entire marine ...

Despite efforts to reduce the use of plastic, research has found that it is still the most common form of litter that ends up in marine environments. Plastic accounts for 79 per cent of litter in ...

This means more toxic air pollution and plastic in our oceans. We need urgent action to address ... It’s the largest accumulation of plastic in the world. Just how big is it? Using the map below, ...

Widespread ocean pollution ... of ocean pollution on human health. It was published in the online edition of the Annals of Global Health and released at the Monaco International Symposium on Human ...