Most people know plastic pollution is bad news. But a small group of scientists says that we should pause all ocean plastic cleanup efforts.

Plastic has been found in every single part of the ocean, from the surface to the seafloor and from the tropics to the poles. Land-based sources of plastic account for the majority of this pollution, ...

A fungus found on litter floating in the North Pacific Ocean can break down the most abundant type of plastic that ends up in the sea. In lab experiments, Annika Vaksmaa at the Royal Netherlands ...