March 9, 2020 By Alex V. Cipolle The New York Times
The Washed Ashore nonprofit collects garbage on the Oregon coast and creates sculptures of animals whose health is endangered by the trash they are made of.
Catching Plastic: Fishermen on Frontline of Ocean Clean-up
February 26, 2020 By Henry Ridgwell VOA
A group of Spanish fishermen will receive financial support to catch plastic as well as fish, in an innovative new project aimed at tackling the huge amount of garbage dumped in the world’s oceans.
A mile-wide toxic waste site sits on the ocean floor near Stellwagen Bank
February 22, 2020 By David Abel Boston Globe
About 19 miles east of Boston Harbor, beside a national marine sanctuary that’s home to one of the world’s richest fishing grounds, lies one of the nation’s largest offshore dumping sites of radioactive waste.
Minke whales are struggling to communicate over the din of ocean noise
February 18, 2020 By Katherine Kornei Science Magazine
By analyzing more than 42,000 minke whale boings, scientists have found that, as background noise intensifies, the whales are losing their ability to communicate over long distances. This could limit their ability to find mates and engage in important social contact with other whales.
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill spread much farther than once thought
February 12, 2020 By Maria Temming Science News
Nearly a decade after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, computer simulations suggest that the toxic pollution extended much farther than satellite images first indicated.