As if entangling wildlife and contaminating seafood weren’t enough, ocean plastic may be sabotaging the planet’s natural defenses against climate change. A 2023 study suggests microplastics may ...
"It is a reality." Nonprofit founder launches game-changing mission after concerning scuba diving incident: 'No longer a ...
THE Philippine capital has been included in the 30 Cities Program of The Ocean Cleanup (TOC)—a global initiative aimed at drastically reducing plastic waste flowing from rivers into the world’s ...
One of the biggest issues facing our oceans is plastic waste. Damage to economies, industry, and the environment is estimated to cost the world $2.5 trillion annually. But there's hope on the horizon.
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 ...
Interceptor 007 is a not-so-secret agent of trash collection at the mouth of a Los Angeles waterway. It’s one of several barges belonging to The Ocean Cleanup, a Dutch nonprofit founded by 29-year-old ...
The Ocean Cleanup device has been redesigned—and is almost ready to try again After its first voyage resulted in disappointment, Boyan Slat's team has made some major fixes. Now they're ready to try ...
At age 19, entrepreneur Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup , a nonprofit that aims to rid the oceans of harmful plastic. Our oceans are teeming with garbage, but no collection of marine debris is ...
ALAMEDA, Calif. (KGO) -- Call it the world's biggest garbage dump: the swirling mess of plastic debris in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. Now, there's an effort afoot to make it vanish, launching ...
Remember The Ocean Cleanup? It was the ambitious plan hatched by a young Dutch entrepreneur to "rid the world's oceans of plastic". If not, here's a quick refresher: In 2013, 18-year-old Boyan Slat ...
Now the plan is to recycle that plastic into products you can buy to help fund the effort. The Ocean Cleanup project is now cleaning plastic out of rivers to stop it from getting to the ocean A lot of ...