A comprehensive study of Brazil's coastal beaches found microplastic contamination at nearly 70% of more than 1,000 sites tested nationwide, reported Earth.org. The MICROMar Project sampled sand from ...

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — So far, the Coast Guard and other allied agencies have found very minimal contaminants in the water around the St. Simons Sound. Roy Coch, a local fisherman on St. Simons ...

Plastic pollution is more than just trash on the beach. Marine plastic waste releases PFAS and heavy metals into the water of small freshwater lakes and ponds, at levels exceeding the threshold limits ...

Twenty-five years after first warning that oil spills would wane while invasive species and climate impacts would surge, an international team revisits its coastal forecasts and finds many bull's-eyes ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Surfrider Kauai just completed its most difficult and fulfilling cleanups of the year which removed 9,000 pounds of marine debris from Kauai’s remote coastlines. Operation Airlift ...

Seawater is tested twice per day for petroleum products with involvement of a third party accredited laboratory, the company said MOSCOW, September 1. /TASS/. No coastline pollution was registered ...

The Kerala government has declared a statewide emergency after the MSC ELSA 3, a Liberian container ship carrying 640 containers, including 13 hazardous ones, capsized and sank off the state's coast, ...