Wastewater pollution levels are higher inside many marine protected areas than in nearby unprotected areas, according to a ...

A new study finds that more than 70 percent of these protected zones are exposed to high levels of wastewater pollutants, ...

Plastics are becoming more present in the seas and oceans around the world. The Mediterranean—a semi-enclosed marine basin—is one of the seas that accumulates more plastic waste from the continent, a ...

The prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living disability were significantly higher in coastal counties with very high vs low marine microplastic levels. Compared with ...

Off the coast of Indonesia, the Philippines, and dozens of other tropical nations, coral reefs sit inside boundaries drawn ...

Climate change is fueling an increasing number of marine heat waves across the globe. When this intensifying heat is coupled with pollution — especially sewage, nitrogen fertilizer agricultural runoff ...

Southern California’s coastal waters are experiencing record sea surface temperatures alongside worsening nutrient pollution from wastewater and agricultural runoff, triggering harmful algal blooms ...

With the United States blocking many of the issues that needed to be resolved at the UNEP Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee, the Geneva conference ended with little results. Following 10 days of ...

Cruise ships docks in Skagway during the 2025 summer season. In July, a state inspector boarded a cruise ship in Juneau for a routine review. The inspector’s report includes a photo that shows a metal ...

Plastic pollution is causing severe problems worldwide. However, negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva last August did not result in the expected global plastics treaty. On 7 February 2026, the ...