Researchers tagged plastic bottles to track how litter travels from land to sea. Plastics make up most marine debris. An estimated 2 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean every year, and river ...

Marine litter is a major environmental problem. Abandoned containers and fishing gear can trap or strangle animals, and plastic waste can break down into microplastics, which can release chemicals ...

Satellites can now track ocean garbage from space, marking a potential “game changer” for tracking the vexing problem of marine litter, new research suggests. The study, published in Nature ...