Pollution is one of the biggest problems facing planet Earth, a consequence of poor practices and decisions made by humankind ...

“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

The bar is low, according to a new study, less than three sugar cubes worth could kill birds like Atlantic puffins, for ...

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...

Researchers have uncovered a troubling connection between plastic pollution in our seas and the acceleration of global warming. These minuscule plastic fragments, smaller than a pencil eraser and ...

New research has found that even small amounts of plastic can be deadly to seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals. While previous research has established that plastic can lead to mortality in many ...

People walk by a giant sand art depiction of a humpback whale and calf filled with plastic on the beach in Whitby, England, in 2021. (Christopher Furlong / Getty Images) Ocean plastic kills sea ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade. On Monday, President ...