A popular vacation destination closed its beaches after the discovery of mysterious tar balls on the shore, the origin of ...

Plastic Beach, an Encinitas-based nonprofit, is tackling a major environmental challenge: soft plastic pollution.

Palm Beach County Ocean Rescue said you should keep away from the oil if you see any, but there is an easy way to get it off your skin ...

Volunteers will gather at 1576 S. Ocean Blvd., about a mile south of the Southern Boulevard Bridge for the cleanup, which ...

Charleston Waterkeeper and others have found almost 30,000 plastic pellets littered on beaches and marshes, while a bill to ...

The Guam Environmental Protection Agency announced 20 polluted beaches on the island. Based on the results of 43 samples taken by Guam EPA on Jan. 9, the following recreational waters were ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

The latest data available from Welsh Water shows the nearby sewage treatment works discharged sewage for almost 602 hours in ...

About 40km of West Coast beaches have been polluted by an oil slick which also threatens sea bird colonies and the Oilfant's River estuary. Bird conservation group SANCCOB is on high alert to the ...

Warnings have been issued for 56 beaches across Sydney and the Central Coast by Beachwatch NSW on Saturday, who alerted residents of potentially polluted water due to the ongoing storms across the ...