WASHINGTON (7News) — A new floating barrier installed Friday aims to reduce garbage in the Anacostia River. A Tuffboom works by floating on the surface of water and ropes off trash from going further ...

The open ocean has new inhabitants ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More than 90 percent of the plastics in the GPGP are microplastics. Azure waves lapping against huge piles of built-up junk.

You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered with packaging. That's not some distant problem. The same waste tossed ...

What began as a carefree day of fun on a chartered yacht recently turned into a high-stakes mission to save a helpless life. While cruising the choppy waters, the crew aboard Motor Yacht Daybreak ...

A new multi-million dollar trash-collecting water wheel was unveiled in Newport Beach Friday, the first-of-its-kind in the state, to collect floating trash before it contaminates the local harbors and ...

SAN YSIDRO, Calif. (FOX5/KUSI) — Recent storms have once again pushed large amounts of trash from Mexico into the Tijuana River Valley, but new equipment installed along the river is already making a ...

CAMBRIDGE, Md. - About 15 bags of trash were pulled from Cambridge Creek on Tuesday as the city installed a new piece of equipment aimed at keeping the waterway clean. Local leaders believe the device ...