New research finds an estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic, raising concerns for marine ecosystems and human health.

Motes of plastic less than a micrometer across could outnumber larger fragments and particles floating through the oceans to ...

When people walk into the recycling facility of FirstStar Fiber in Omaha, they see bags of trash from floor to ceiling. But it’s not going to a landfill. “What makes FirstStar recycling unique is then ...

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

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. A study published today reveals yet another hidden source of this deadly ...

Plastic waste pollutes oceans across all regions of the world. Marine animals may become entangled in larger plastic debris ...

Wading through water up to his knees, Hassan Kargbo points to the vast ocean before him, which is eroding the land and ...

Seaweed Greens has discovered how to remove pollutants from sargassum to make organic fertilizer and other environmentally ...

Scientists have uncovered a shocking discovery in the Mediterranean’s deepest trench.

Human waste, mostly plastic, was found in abundance at the deepest part of the Mediterranean called the Calypso Deep, 3.1 ...

The startup Gigablue announced with fanfare this year that it reached a historic milestone: selling 200,000 carbon credits to ...