FUTURE. A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT’S IMPRESSIVE INVENTION IS HELPING CLEAN UP PLASTIC IN THE OCEAN. ANNA DU OF ANDOVER SAYS SHE WAS INSPIRED AT THE AGE OF 11 BY HER LOVE OF MAKING JEWELRY OUT OF SEA ...

When self-described “ocean custodian” Boyan Slat took the stage at TED 2025 in Vancouver this week, he showed viewers a reality many of us are already heartbreakingly familiar with: There is a lot of ...

A new video from The Ocean Cleanup demonstrates its extraordinary effectiveness in combating the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The non-profit's machines are featured in the video, which claims that ten ...

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 ...

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 ...

What’s the best way to get plastic out of the ocean? Two nonprofits take different approaches to the problem of removing the 24 billion pounds of plastic that flow into the ocean each year—and face ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Rebecca Helm despises the phrase “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” This moniker is used ...

Ten years since its founding in 2013, The Ocean Cleanup project remains ambitious. Founder and CEO Boyan Slat says a recent $25 million donation to the effort, the largest single contribution to date, ...

The Ocean Cleanup started removing plastic from the ocean a decade ago. But most of that plastic comes from rivers, so it started building solar-powered river cleaners to catch garbage before it goes ...

A Massachusetts teenager's impressive invention is helping to clean up small pieces of plastic from the ocean.Anna Du, 17, said she was inspired to create her machine at the age of 11 when she found ...