Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...

“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

Plastics are a crucial part of modern life, however tens of millions of tons of plastic waste is disposed of each year, much of which ultimately ends up in the ocean. Microplastics have been found in ...

Ahead of the expected finalization of a UN global plastics treaty, a group of international experts calls for a greater focus on health impacts when considering plastic pollution. The Health Policy ...

Just for a minute, think about how much of the plastic you use today will end up as trash. Drink bottles? Grocery bags? Food wrappers? If you live in the United States, it’ll probably add up to about ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

Amazon’s packaging waste is part of a larger crisis clogging our planet with plastic pollution and setting our climate ablaze. Here’s what you can do about it. Amazon’s packaging waste is part of a ...

A pioneering IAEA mission to Antarctica has found evidence of microplastic pollution in lakes, shorelines and the ocean. These preliminary findings show how plastic pollution has reached every corner ...

Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a ...