One of the most damaging types of marine plastic pollution is abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear – commonly called “ghost gear.” Ghost gear is the most deadly form of marine plastic debris.

As coastal pollution increases, knowledge on pollution levels and trends is becoming more crucial to protect marine ecosystems and resources. However, in many areas of the world, such information is ...

Sustained pollution can damage coastal and marine ecosystems and jeopardise the livelihood of entire communities. By applying cutting-edge nuclear and isotopic techniques, the IAEA helps Member States ...

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 ...

For the first time, the French Agency for Ecological Transition has measured the concentration of plastic microparticles in ...

Microplastic pollution has the potential to ... Microplastics are similar in size and mass to many types of plankton. Elitza Germanov/Marine Megafauna Foundation Manta ray, a giant of the ocean ...

New technology could remotely identify various types of plastics, offering a valuable tool for future monitoring and analysis of oceanic plastic pollution. A new hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar ...