Plastic pollution is among the most pressing environmental crises, and new research suggests that solutions may lie not only ...

A new analysis found that ingesting plastic can disrupt proteins that facilitate key functions in seabirds—the latest in a ...

There are few sights more idyllic for an international tourist than a golden sandy beach, warmed by the African sun, with the ...

An estimated 8 million metric tons (MMT) of plastic waste enters the world's ocean each year - the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic waste into the ocean every minute. Plastic waste is ...

Now, new research, published Friday in Science Advances, reexamines the U.S.’s role as a plastic consumer and ... do is stop Asians from dumping in the ocean and we’d be all set,” says ...

A floating boom has surrounded a large two-masted sailing vessel that sank over the weekend at its Alameda dock in the ...

For many people, "plastic pollution" calls to mind pictures of turtles and other marine life drowning in single-use plastic ...

An on-demand video of “Seafood Industry-led Efforts to Address the Deadliest Form of Marine Plastic Debris” is available free ...

Some 20 million people globally collect plastic waste to make a living. In developing countries without formal reuse and ...

The tiny pieces of plastic scientists call microplastics are everywhere. They sit at the bottom of the sea, mix into beach sand, and blow in the wind. They’re also inside us. Last October ...