Plastic Pollution
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Depressing Image Shows Dead Baby Sea Turtle Found with 104 Pieces of Plastic in Its BellySea turtles aren't made to eat plastic.
By Kimberly Hickok Published
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Scientists Went to One of the World's Most Remote Island Atolls. They Found 414 Million Pieces of PlasticResearchers dug holes in the sand. The holes were filled with plastic.
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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Explorer Reaches Bottom of the Mariana Trench, Breaks Record for Deepest Dive EverIt was chilly; it was quiet; and "it was so very peaceful"
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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Another Dead Whale Full of Plastic. This Time, in Italy.The whale's cause of death is still under investigation, but a stomach full of plastic isn't a healthy thing.
By Kimberly Hickok Published
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Dead Whale Washes Ashore with Shocking 88 lbs. of Plastic in Its StomachHis stomach "had the most plastic we have ever seen in a whale"
By Yasemin Saplakoglu Published
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Teen Diver Finds Huge Cache of Plastic Pollution — Thousands of Golf Balls Off California CoastWith a marine scientist, the teen reveals how much golf courses are polluting nearby waters.
By Matthew Savoca Published
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Found, Inside Dead Sperm Whale: 100 Plastic Cups, 4 Plastic Bottles, 25 Plastic Bags, 2 Flip-FlopsA dead sperm whale had more than 100 plastic cups, plastic bags, flip flops and other pieces of plastic in its stomach when it was found rotting on a beach in Indonesia.
By Kimberly Hickok Published
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Invisible Stew of Plastic Pollution Found in Fur Seal PoopFirst humans, now seals: Microplastics are in everyone's digestive tract.
By Stephanie Pappas Published
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A Huge Noodle Could Leave the Ocean Cleaner — If It WorksIs the goal of the Ocean Cleanup as admirable as it sounds?
By Kimberly Hickok Published
