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

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.

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 ...

Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled ...

Sustained pollution can damage coastal and marine ecosystems and ... Due to their small size, micro-plastics can be mistaken for plankton and ingested by marine animals, including bivalves (mussels, ...

Researchers have found that marine animals across mammals, birds and reptiles swim at similar relative depths when traveling and not feeding to save energy. Researchers from Swansea and Deakin ...

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 ...

A new decade-long survey of sea animals harmed by plastic rubbish in US waters has revealed data on which animals are being affected by plastic pollution ... examples of marine animals that ...

The list of freshwater and marine ... from plastics on animals at nearly all levels of biological organization,” Rochman says. “We know enough to act to reduce plastic pollution from entering ...

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.

Environmentalists said while the mortalities have eased, unchecked pollution — from wastewater treatment discharges, leaking ...