New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of ...

HIS obsession with photography was so consuming that it drove a young Leo Hendrik Baekeland beyond the darkroom and into the ...

Turkish free diver Şahika Ercümen dives amid plastic waste on the Ortaköy coastline to raise awareness of plastic pollution in the oceans, and to observe the conditions in the Bosphorus Strait ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal ...

Plastic pollution is a big theme in the “Conservation - Impact” category of this year’s Ocean Photographer Of The Year competition. Another selected finalist, Rebecca Douglas, captured a ...

Plastic bag bans and fees reduce shoreline litter, but research has found they aren't enough to solve global plastic ...

Taken together, the findings mean that bag bans and fees aren’t a plastic panacea but do matter. “These plastic bag policies ...

Plastic is a major contributor to climate change, as the primary raw materials used in its creation are coal, natural gas, and crude oil—all leading sources of harmful emissions.

Image of polar bear with plastic hanging from its mouth shortlisted for Ocean Photographer of the Year 2024 award. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission ...

Countries are racing to finalize a U.N. treaty to end plastic pollution Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

Washing household plastic containers in a dishwasher releases nanoplastic and microplastic pollution into wastewater, University of Queensland researchers have found. Dr. Elvis Okoffo from UQ's ...