Ocean plastic pollution is one of the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet today. The vastness of the oceans, combined with the complex nature of marine debris, makes it difficult to ...

Scientists created a large open database that uses light patterns to help satellites detect plastic in oceans more accurately from space.

HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Center for Marine Debris Research (CMDR) at HPU has launched the state’s first Plastic Recycling Research Facility. The goal of the new facility is to get marine debris out of ...

Maui resident Cheryl King, founder of environmental Sharkastics, helps collect marine debris with volunteers so it can be sent to the Center for Marine Debris Research on Oahu. The center could have ...

Lake Champlain scientists are researching how much marine debris and microplastic pollution are in the lake. WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley went out on the water this week to take a ...

Marine debris from ships and other ocean-based sources contributes to the spoiling of beaches, fouling of surface waters and the seafloor, and harm to marine animals, among other effects.