Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis ... Protection Agency asking the government to regulate plastics as a pollutant under the Clean Water Act and will keep ...

There are many ways to reduce plastic, and although it’s hard, it’s not impossible — that is plainly an excuse. We have to do ...

The birds die and decay, but the plastic inside them stays forever in the sand -- a layer of man's doing that will never go away. Midway will probably vanish under rising ocean levels before the ...

Plastic can enter the ocean as large, identifiable items or as microplastics - pieces under five millimetres in length. Both pose a threat to marine life. Large pieces degrade over time to become ...

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...

Tiny bits of plastic found in the ocean may be tied to a higher risk of disability for people who live in coastal areas with high levels, according to a preliminary study released today, February ...

They crunched like Rice Krispies under my feet. After that, I could understand why some people see ocean plastic as a looming catastrophe, worth mentioning in the same breath as climate change.

With marine pollution caused by plastic waste becoming a global concern, research is underway in Japan to solve the problem by creating innovative plastic that decomposes in seawater. The town of ...

like here at an island in the Pacific Ocean called Henderson Island. Thousands of bits of rubbish wash up here every day. Some of the plastic will sink under the waves where sea creatures can ...

Under the order, which is aimed at “bringing ... And while sharks may be able to “munch their way” through a plastic straw in the ocean, not all marine life can do the same.

Plastic pollution fills our oceans ... Filed a groundbreaking petition that required the Environmental Protection Agency to address CO2 impacts on the ocean under the Clean Water Act. Carbon dioxide ...