The Tennessee Valley Authority is telling the public to stay off Douglas Lake near Dandridge as it prepares to deploy a 4,000-foot floating barrier to catch a one-square-mile patch of debris from ...

On Monday afternoon, a floating boom surrounded a large two-masted sailing vessel that sank over the weekend at its Alameda dock in the Oakland Estuary. The Kaisei is a replica of a 151-foot ...

Last month during a brief storm, a trash boom set in place, just inside U.S. territory, managed to stop 20 tons of trash and ...

DANDRIDGE, Tenn. — Flooding from Hurricane Helene in the North Carolina mountains and parts of Tennessee has caused floating debris buildup in the Douglas Reservoir, according to the Tennessee ...

When it rains in northern Mexico, coastal regions in southern California may end up with higher levels of plastic debris and other trash. That's because rivers, creeks and hillsides don't pay ...

We humans have deposited a huge amount of plastic in Earth's waters. There are now five garbage-filled gyres in the world's oceans — the largest and most notorious being the Great Pacific Garbage ...

A floating boom has surrounded a large two-masted sailing vessel that sank over the weekend at its Alameda dock in the Oakland Estuary. The Kaisei is a replica of a 151-foot brigantine tall ship and ...