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

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

President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Tuesday expressed the Philippines’ readiness to forge cooperation with global partners ...

A recent spill of bio-beads—small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s—has brought renewed attention to a problem that has been quietly accumulating in coastal ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

We know some microbes can break down certain plastics, but our new study finds no clear correlation between plastic pollution levels and the production of plastic-degrading enzymes by marine ...

PRESIDENT Ferdinand Marcos Jr. on Tuesday said the Philippines was committed to partnering with international organizations ...

From litter to invasives, the Great Lakes have their share of problems. At least a few dozen "nurdles" were discovered in just two hours by a team of 17 volunteers on June 22, 2024. Zebra and quagga ...

Talks aimed at a global treaty to cut plastic pollution fizzled in Geneva this week, with no agreement to meaningfully reduce the harms to human health and the environment that come with the millions ...

Targeting plastic production is the only way to reduce plastic pollution and New York State Attorney General Letitia James clearly knows this. She also seems well aware that companies who say they ...