Beginning on Jan. 1, 2026, an additional four-cent charge will be added to each plastic bag sold by retailers and restaurants ...

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

To date, every family of marine mammal and seabird and all seven species of sea turtles have been documented to ingest ...

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

As countries meet for COP 30, five climate goals anchor the discussion, with one demanding close attention: cutting plastic ...

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

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The city of Petersburg is now considering a tax on plastic bags — a move Richmond has already approved ...

A new study shows that very small amounts of plastic can kill marine animals and that fragments now appear in common foods ...

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

Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. For the first time, researchers examined data to find out how much it takes. The answer: ...

At the 50% mortality threshold, the volumes are even more startling: consuming less than one sugar cube’s worth of plastics ...