From drugged oysters to birds full of plastic, oceans are feeling the burden of pollution
Scientists are finding a growing presence of pharmaceuticals, small pieces of plastic and household chemicals in the bodies of Pacific razor clams, Pacific oysters and remote seabirds.
Giant plankton eat and transport plastic through the ocean
Giant larvaceans -- bizarre and beautiful zooplankton -- can transport ocean plastic and may introduce it into the food chain.
This tiny island with no humans is getting buried in plastic trash
Henderson Island, a remote locale in the South Pacific, is covered with 37.7 million pieces of plastic debris -- the highest density ever recorded in the world for a beach.
Gigantic, floating screen sets course to sift plastic from oceans
If the prototype is successful, a full-scale 100-kilometer-long barrier will be strung out in the Pacific Ocean to collect some 68 million kilograms of floating plastic and trash.
European perch stuff themselves with microplastics rather than natural food, derailing their development, according to new research from Sweden.
