It is a huge ecological problem, and this type of pollution is responsible for a huge amount of environmental damage and the death of many creatures living in the sea. That being said, however, there ...

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Two Florida teens who turned themselves in to police are cooperating with investigators after viral video showing them dumping trash into the Atlantic Ocean generated outrage ...

Boaters were caught on camera over the weekend dumping trash into the ocean off the coast of Boca Raton, Florida, prompting an investigation by Florida state law enforcement. Florida Fish and Wildlife ...

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

Welcome to episode two of NPR Short Wave's summer series, Sea Camp! Today, we linger at the surface and revisit an episode about an ocean conundrum: Trash from humans is constantly spilling into the ...

For more than 20 years, Mussel Rock, a steep stretch of oceanfront land in northern San Mateo County with breathtaking views of the Pacific Ocean and the Farallon Islands, was a garbage dump. Two ...

NORFOLK, Va. — National Clean Beach Week comes at the perfect time after Independence Day festivities left Virginia beaches littered with trash. The day after the Fourth of July, instead of sleeping ...