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.

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

The People Over Petro Coalition, which blames petrochemical companies for putting profits over public health when it comes to ...

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

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

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

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

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

A study by the University of Portsmouth has revealed for the first time the extent of the devastating impact of plastic ...

The protest highlighted the dangers of microplastics in the environment, including when they are ingested and inhaled by ...