For someone who gets violently seasick, Boyan Slat spends a lot of time thinking about the ocean. The Dutch inventor has ...

When self-described “ocean custodian” Boyan Slat took the stage at TED 2025 in Vancouver this week, he showed viewers a reality many of us are already heartbreakingly familiar with: There is a lot of ...

In the next month or so, Kia will begin offering an accessory for its EV3 subcompact electric crossover that will be made of recycled plastic scooped out of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. That's the ...

In the vast, swirling expanse of the North Pacific Ocean lies a phenomenon as intriguing as it is troubling – the Great Pacific Garbage Patch (GPGP). This colossal debris vortex stretching from ...

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TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WTOC) - For over two decades, people across the globe have joined forces on June 8 for World Oceans Day to protect and restore the big, blue bodies of water. Tybee Clean Beach ...

When Boyan Slat was 16-years-old he wondered about all of the trash in the ocean, ten years later he founded The Ocean Cleanup. NBC News' Gadi Schwartz speaks with ...

Several hundred participants are expected to paddle out in the ocean on Oct. 1 from Ocean Beach to show the importance of having clean oceans. The 31st annual Paddle for Clean Water, hosted by the ...

With the invention of an automatic, nonstop ocean water filter, cleaner oceans may be one step closer. Every year, 1.8 billion pounds of plastic gets dumped in the ocean. The tsunami of plastic waste ...