With narration by Woody Harrelson, the new documentary, “Kuleana,” will be screened Sunday at the Maui Arts & Cultural Center as part of the Hawaiʻi International Film Festival, presented by ...

Philanthropist Ed Freedman of Stable Road Foundation joined an all-star cast of Hawaiian athletes, scientists, and ...

Plastic bag bans may not be the best way to keep plastics out of the ocean, argues Todd Myers. (Jay Karr/Island Packet) We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly, and we have ...

Close to 400 people gathered at the Rio Theatre on Nov. 9 to hear some of the latest research on the health of the ocean and ...

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone contains ...

People look through plastic and other debris washed ashore at a beach on Indonesia's resort island of Bali - Copyright AFP SONNY TUMBELAKA People look through plastic ...

WILMINGTON, N.C. (WECT) - The Plastic Ocean Project returned earlier this month from a 10-day research trip to Bermuda, and the findings of the trip will be revealed during the third annual For the ...

Single-use plastics pose a major problem for the environment, especially our oceans. Did you know plastic detrimentally impacts about 700 marine species? By 2050, there could be more plastic, by ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...

Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment. Scientists at RIKEN in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that’s ...