Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

New research claims that tons of invisible nanoplastics are hiding in our oceans, raising even more concerns about plastic ...

As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

A team of Japanese researchers has successfully developed a new type of plastic that is strong, transparent and, above all, ...

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The Shedd Aquarium is working to keep Chicago beaches and waterways free of garbage and trash. They are ...

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...