The health, resilience and productivity of marine and coastal ecosystems is increasingly affected by pollution, including land-based nutrient, pesticide and plastic pollution. WWF and our supporters ...

Life is impossible without wa­ter, but water pollution has been a paramount problem for a very long time. Water pollution occurs worldwide and causes deaths and many kinds of diseases.

Widespread ocean pollution threatens the health of more than 3 billion people, international study led by Boston College researchers shows Ocean pollution is widespread and getting worse, and when ...

New research shows that increased levels of plastic pollution in the Southern Ocean could reduce the ability of Antarctic krill, a tiny shrimp-like crustacean, to help take CO2 from the atmosphere.

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

In early 2010, for example, NOAA announced that it was beginning work toward creating a comprehensive "noise budget" for the oceans, based on assessment of the entire spectrum of sound pollution ...

Ocean plastic pollution can carry disease, harm wildlife, and alter the ocean’s critical role taking in carbon dioxide and helping to regulate the planet’s climate. While China and the US are ...