A new Tel Aviv University study has uncovered alarming findings about the spread of microplastic particles in the marine food ...

ALTHOUGH much publicity has been given to the harmful effects of oil on bird life, little evidence is available to show how marine organisms are influenced by oil pollution. Recent accidents ...

In order to give you context for this ongoing challenge, this Spotlight guides you through both the basics of marine mammals and the fundamental sources of acoustic pollution in their habitat.

"Expanding fossil fuel in the Coral Triangle is a dangerous course of action," Earth Insight's program director Florencia ...

Bar none,” Savoca says, referring to straws, water bottles, and plastic bags. Some 700 species of marine animals have been reported—so far—to have eaten or become entangled in plastic.

Sustained pollution can damage coastal and marine ecosystems and jeopardise the livelihood ... Due to their small size, micro-plastics can be mistaken for plankton and ingested by marine animals, ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...

More than 80 percent of marine pollution comes from land-based activities ... and it is threatening many species of marine animals that cannot cope with higher temperatures.

Air pollution causes some 8.8 million deaths ... Plastic in the ocean threatens marine life — animals sometimes confuse the items for food and consume them. This can cause them to change their ...

Future infrastructure projects, like a deep sea port in the western Arctic, will add to the impact of increased vessel traffic on marine mammals, say researchers.

Ms Valenzisi said many marine animals relied on sound for survival and anthropogenic noise pollution heard underwater was "concerning". "Marine life use sound for communication, feeding ...

Understanding that it's not just the animals themselves being impacted ... to promote the blue carbon pathway in the deep ocean, Marine Pollution Bulletin (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.