Mark Rowe reports on the failure to agree on an international treaty to limit plastic pollution and what our best hopes are ...

Beach pollution is a pressing global issue, with numerous shorelines suffering from contamination due to human activit ...

Microplastics are silently sabotaging the planet’s greenery, curbing photosynthesis, and threatening food security.

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

The booming ocean economy sustains hundreds of millions of people, but it is being squeezed dry by overfishing, pollution, ...

Plastic waste is a huge problem, with bags and packaging a major culprit. A Bay Area startup has figured out a way to replace ...

"Ripples of Plastic," an award-winning documentary that explores Great Lakes plastic pollution, will be screened at the ...

Feranmi Victor Olowookere is using his PhD in Chemical Engineering to find solutions to plastic pollution at the molecular ...

Rather than being a source, the ocean appears to be a sink, in which 15 percent of all airborne microplastics are deposited.

The first ever assessment of litter in Mediterranean's deepest place located in Greece's eastern Ionian Sea has detected huge ...

What if plastics could self-destruct when their time as a useful product ends? Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are exploring this concept in one of their latest projects.

The widespread use of single-use menstrual products has led to significant environmental and health concerns, with billions of plastic-based pads and tampons contributing to pollution and toxic ...