This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Every egg case examined contained plastic particles, raising urgent questions about how ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

New York must pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. Plastic pollution is impacting our environment and health. Microplastics and toxic chemicals used in plastic production are ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...

Plastic pollution is widespread across the Amazon Rainforest’s rivers, plants and animals, according to a recent study. Previous research suggests up to 10% of total plastics in the ocean arrive there ...

New research has shown that blue sharks’ intestines act like temporary holding tanks, trapping fibers long enough to build up significant amounts. Their epic migrations mean they can spread these ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

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 ...

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found. Dr. Elvis Okoffo from UQ's ...

THE relationship between historical maritime exploration and modern environmental degradation is revealed in a recent study highlighting a startling geographical overlap. Research published in the ...