Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...

Mike Belliveau, founder and director of Bend the Curve talks about "peak plastic," and how we may be finally seeing the ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, scientists are working to measure the consequences of this contamination.

Negotiators from about 175 countries have been sparring for more than a year over a treaty to clean up plastic pollution that's choking rivers and piling up in landfills. As a critical new round of ...

Algalita Marine Research and Education, a local nonprofit, has revamped its educator mini-grants program to support teachers ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. The world creates 57 million tons of plastic ...

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably picked up on a growing anxiety around plastic pollution. What does all this plastic pollution mean for the health of people and the planet? And ...

In response to the plastic pollution crisis, many methodologies for quantification of plastic pollution have been developed. However, the breadth of these plastic pollution assessment methodologies ...

An IPSOS survey, comissioned by WWF and Plastic Free Foundation, has polled of over 20,000 people from across 34 countries. The survey shows overwhelming support for world’s first ever plastic treaty ...