Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, giving them a 90% chance of dying.

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics – but how much is too much? The bar is ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Global negotiations to address plastic pollution collapsed in Geneva, Switzerland, last August after ...

Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds ...

Plastic and microplastic pollution has become a defining environmental concern of our time; headlines warn that these ...

By adding new filters at water treatment plants, PolyGone is removing microplastics from the water system—and then recycling ...

New research has found that even small amounts of plastic can be deadly to seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals. While ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Protestors often use creative methods to draw attention to a cause, and the folks opposed to runaway ...

Earthworms help crops recover in microplastic-polluted soil, boosting growth and restoring soil nutrients in a new Kunming greenhouse study.

With trillions of pieces of plastic littering oceans, threatening ocean and life and economic opportunity, drones, satellites ...