Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sea creatures made from recycled plastic paraded through the streets of Chile's Maipu on Tuesday (January 13) night to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans. Parade director Juan Ibanez ...

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 ...