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A new coalition is hitting the beaches and watersheds – not to relax, but to reduce the presence of marine debris. The Lake Champlain Basin Marine Debris Coalition is made up of six organizations ...

Marine debris from ships and other ocean-based sources contributes to the spoiling of beaches, fouling of surface waters and the seafloor, and harm to marine animals, among other effects.

Marine litter is a serious environmental problem worldwide. Reducing it would require implementing a global monitoring system, agreeing on the use of common methods and protocols for data collection, ...

The Dow Chemical Company (NYSE: DOW) announced on September 16, 2016 that it has committed to spend $2.8 million over the next two years to drive solutions that address global marine debris and litter ...

Just when we thought we had described all the possible marine environmental recipients of plastic pollution, new research comes in to overturn the picture. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest ...

The bottom of the Calypso Deep, a 5,112-metre deep depression in the Ionian Sea, contains one of the highest concentrations of marine debris in the deep ocean: it is yet another testimony to the ...