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

"We found debris in every cave studied, with some containing abundances of up to 97 items per square meter — far exceeding levels typically found on open beaches, the sea surface, or the seafloor," ...

Hidden in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Diego Garcia is an island people talk about more than they ever see. It is one of ...

Intended as China’s version of Dubai’s palm-shaped artificial island, Ocean Flower Island is a $12 billion monument to ...

Discover Point Nemo, Earth's most isolated location, where the nearest humans are often astronauts in space, not on land.

For a shot at California's mega-croakers, head to the Channel Islands and sight-fish with soft-plastic fluke-style lures. The ...

Australians often head to the Pacific or Asia to find the perfect island escape, but our own island offer beaches as good, or ...

Mangroves, typical of tropical and subtropical latitudes, have become veritable natural traps for land- and sea-based waste. The roots of these trees, known as mangroves, have a great capacity to trap ...

For decades researchers in northern Norway had tried to bring back vital kelp forests after overfishing damaged marine ...

A beach in England has disappeared under a blanket of uncooked French fries and onions after a container ship spilled its ...

As humans make fires on the beach, far-flung plastic that has washed up there melts and fuses permanently with volcanic rocks ...

In Kampung Lobong on Pulau Gaya, off the coast of Kota Kinabalu, stands a new pedestrian walkway constructed largely from plastic waste. Connecting the local sports court to a timber bridge, the 0.9 ...