Nanoplastics entered the Atlantic via rivers, sunlight-driven plastic breakdown, and even through the air with rain or dust.

Millions of tons of plastic in the ocean aren't floating in plain sight—they're invisible. Scientists have now confirmed that ...

The Pacific and Atlantic Oceans meet off the southernmost tip of South America, and many factors contribute to how fast they ...

University of Washington. (2023, January 10). Plastic pollution in the oceans is an equity issue. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2023 / 01 ...

Ocean justice communities—that is to say, communities of color and/or low-income communities along our coastlines—have been systematically excluded from power, under-resourced, underserved ...

Nanoplastics Make Up Most of the Ocean’s Plastic Pollution Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web.

They analyzed color variation data from 2002 to 2022 and then used climate change models to simulate what would happen to the oceans both with additional planet-heating pollution and without. The ...

The True Scale of Ocean Pollution ☣️. Posted: November 18, 2024 | Last updated: November 18, 2024. Today we're investigating the many different ways the ocean has been polluted, using a book I ...

The ocean is changing colors, researchers say. Here's what it means. Ocean waters toward the poles and the equator are now different hues. By Julia Jacobo. June 19, 2025, 2:00 PM. 2:04.