The Marine Conservation Society’s Stop Ocean Threads campaign, which is calling for all new washing machines to be fitted with microfibre filters, by law, by 2024, aims to stop...
A study from the University of Exeter published last week in the journal Scientific Reports shows that 67% of 46 sharks analysed contained microplastics and other...
Plastics pollute Indonesian feeding grounds of plankton-feeding ocean giants… Plastic pollution has a tremendous impact on marine life – and reef manta rays and whale sharks...
Researchers from the University of Exeter and Plymouth Marine Laboratory, supported by Greenpeace Research Laboratories, examined 50 animals from 10 species of dolphins, seals and whales, and...
Over the past year, Greenpeace collected microplastic data as part of 5 Gyres’ TrawlShare program while its ship the Arctic Sunrise travelled down the East and West Coasts....
A global citizen science project begun by a university student has won the backing of the UK government’s Environment Agency. University of Portsmouth PhD student David...
Sharks, rays and whales impacted by microplastic pollution and associated toxins Plastic pollution has recently gained increasing attention for its effects on marine mammals, fish and...