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 ...

Two separate boats have run aground along the Santa Barbara coastline in recent weeks — one prompting a rescue response off Carpinteria State Beach Tuesday night, and the other washing ashore unmanned ...

MONTECITO, Calif. - It was timed to get in and out at the lowest tide of the day, and that's how a beached vessel was removed from a Montecito Beach Friday. It started at 4:30 a.m. with a crew from ...

For someone who gets violently seasick, Boyan Slat spends a lot of time thinking about the ocean. The Dutch inventor has designed the world’s first ocean plastic cleanup system but admits he won’t be ...

Ocean plastic pollution is one of the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet today. The vastness of the oceans, combined with the complex nature of marine debris, makes it difficult to ...