"Pollution" Blogs & Blog Posts

We meet the sibling trio behind Sungai Watch, a nonprofit on the tropical island of Bali that is removing plastic from Indonesia's rivers.

A new research paper, Glass reinforced plastic (GRP) boats and the impact on coastal environment – Evidence of fibreglass ingestion by marine bivalves from natural populations, is the first to examine widespread contamination among bivalves fr...

The Seine was poised to be a centerpiece of the Paris Olympics, featuring prominently in both the opening ceremony and various swimming events.

Mountaineer Garrett Madison has summited Mt. Everest 14 times and seen tons of trash accumulate over the years. So he decided to do something about it.

The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea has ruled the greenhouse gas emissions can count towards damage to our oceans. Small island nations have praised the ruling because they are the most threatened by raising sea levels and the boiling o...

Most "fleece" is just extruded plastic filament and its use in clothing is, according to clothing company Patagonia, a serious source of pollution. Washing them results in microplastic soup, which then heads into the sewers and hence to the seas. Du...

A group of spring breakers yukking it up at Florida's Boca Bash turned the event into Boca Trash when they used the ocean as their own personal dumpster. Over the weekend, around eight merrymakers on a boat in Boca Raton ventured into the choppy sea,...