In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone contains ...

As plastic pollution emerges as one of the planet’s most pressing environmental threats, Tulane University scientists have published the first global assessment of where plastics pose the greatest ...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

Many measures have been initiated to reduce plastic pollution in Norway. Only a few of them will lead to extensive change and ...

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 ...

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Negotiators working on a potentially historic international agreement to limit plastic pollution wrapped up talks this week in Ottawa, Canada, leaving some observers with guarded hope about the ...

The rate of plastic entering the oceans could accelerate 2.6 times by 2040 if left unchecked, say researchers. The first study describing the discovery of marine plastic debris was published in the ...

Many people are aware of plastic pollution in the oceans. Photos of turtles or seabirds entangled in plastic garbage first went viral in the 1990s, and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is now the focus ...

The UN's environment chief insists that a landmark global treaty tackling plastic pollution remains achievable, despite talks ...