Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies ...

Leading shipping companies are joining forces to combat ocean plastic pollution through the launch of the Maritime ...

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. Marine mammals reach similar danger at 29 pieces, while sea turtles need to ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up ...

Scientists say global warming can accelerate the spread of microplastics, which threaten the health of people, plants and ...

Leading shipping companies are joining forces to combat ocean plastic pollution through the launch of the Maritime ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis ...

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

By Olivia Maule Sandwiched between the frigid swells of the Pacific and the warm pulses of Latin American cities lie ...

A recent spill of bio-beads—small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s—has brought ...