The barrier islands off the coast of Georgia are littered with millions of oysters left behind by Indigenous peoples. New ...

The U.S. is harming Pacific Islanders, destroying its relationships in the region, and letting China win the competition for ...

An executive order means that US fishers can now operate in certain parts of the 1,282,534 square-kilometer region.

It is estimated that 1 million tons of ghost gear enter the ocean every year. Whale watchers left stunned after unexpected ...

They violate the GSP, punishing many poor countries, including several Pacific Island states that are too small to buy many U.S. goods but depend on selling to richer countries. More importantly ...

As plastic waste continues to grow, so does the trash that's accumulating in the Pacific Ocean. Two huge floating islands of ...

China embeds its military ambitions within Pacific Island nations by developing dual-use infrastructure such as ports, ...

The Ocean Cleanup is fighting against this accumulation. In 2024, the foundation removed 11.5 million kilos of garbage from ...

Nearly 7,000 volunteers statewide removed nearly 277,000 pieces of trash from 83 sites along New Jersey’s 127-mile coastline last year — 83% of it plastic. But they also picked up a head ...

Pacific Island ministers insist they are willing to compromise on a new text for greenhouse gas emissions reduction regulations for shipping, providing they get the equivalent of a levy within it.

LONDON — There is a stink rising over the United Kingdom's second-largest city. Garbage has piled up for a month in Birmingham during a dispute between the city and its trash collectors.

Indeed, one of the more unsavoury sides of this paradise is a place called Thilafushi - or Trash Island - near the capital Male, which the Maldivian government created in the ‘90s in response to the ...