Rubbish floating in Naifaru Harbour, Maldives, Indian Ocean, January 25, 2015. Getty Images. Our ability to survive on the only known habitable planet has always involved adaptation and innovation.

In the space of a single week, conservationists removed an astonishing 2,300 kilograms of rubbish that washed ashore along beaches at an Australian island off the west coast, exposing a "shocking and ...

Fisherman Jose Antonio Crispin recalls the days when he would throw out a net and get a decent haul of fish around Pombeba Island, a small oasis in Rio de Janeiro's iconic Guanabara Bay that is ...

Each year cleanup crews throughout the U.S. collect millions of pounds of plastic trash from beaches and coastal waterways, with the biggest numbers coming from California’s 1,100-mile coastline.

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. Scientist say the crisis is getting worse.

Students and staff from the University of Bergen, together with long-standing partners, cleaned “Plastic Island” Lisle Lyngøy during this year’s plastic cleanup campaign. The cleanup ...