No one is keeping score, but Wilson, the name given to the 2,000-foot-long (600 meters) U-shaped “Ocean Cleanup Array,” had a few problems to pop up after being launched on September 8, 2018, from San ...

Marine scientists are witnessing a technological revolution in ocean cleanup. Revolutionary systems are transforming how we tackle plastic pollution, from autonomous robots to artificial intelligence ...

Ocean Conservancy says last year’s cleanup collected 13.9m pieces of rubbish from beaches and rivers worldwide ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You've probably seen the photos: a sea turtle trapped in fishing line, a plastic bottle wedged in coral, and shorelines littered ...

When the system, which uses floating barriers to collect plastic debris and lets ocean currents do most of the collection work, is deployed it will become the longest floating structure in history.

As plastic pollution in the world's oceans reaches critical levels, recently published research reveals how artificial intelligence-driven algorithms can dramatically accelerate plastic waste removal, ...