More than 350,000 chemicals are used worldwide, and many find their way into the ocean through plastic pollution. As plastics accumulate in coastal waters, they continuously leach bioactive additives ...

A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

Every egg case examined contained plastic particles, raising urgent questions about how pollution may be affecting sharks ...

A new study from The University of Manchester has shed light on an unexpected consequence of plastic bag bans in East Africa, and why well-intentioned environmental laws may actually be making life ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

Imagine a world where the air is clean, the water is pure, and wildlife thrives in natural habitats untouched by human waste. Now, imagine the reality, especially as we approach World Conservation Day ...

In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. The urgency of the talks was underscored this week by a new study published ...

A RECENT feature story by Euronews has revealed the shocking extent of plastic pollution on Earth. The world has known for ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Health hazards in Michigan's waterways have long been a top concern for its people, given the the state's stewardship of a vast amount of the world's freshwater supply. Risks ...

Micro- and nano-scopic sized pieces of plastic people use everyday can eventually find its way into the most unlikely of places, even in the plaque of clogged arteries of cardiac patients, a recent ...

Plastics shed thousands of chemicals into the sea, including oleamide – an industrial lubricant that also occurs naturally. In lab aquariums, researchers tracked 31,500 hunting interactions between ...