Plastics are durable and strong, which is great while they’re being used but frustrating when they end up in the environment.

Gov. Gavin Newsom this week stymied implementation of landmark state environmental legislation that would have limited the ...

Around the world, plastics find their way into farm fields. Climate change makes agricultural plastic, already a necessity for many crops, even more unavoidable for some farmers. Meanwhile, research ...

Plastics are everywhere—from your phone case to the containers holding your food. They're cheap, light, and strong, which ...

Plastic is polluting oceans and national park beaches alike ... which they painstakingly counted under a microscope. What they found was alarming — microplastics were present in every sample. Even our ...

What comes to mind when you see crows perched on electric wires, suddenly getting electrocuted or labourers toil under the ...

While recycling aims to reduce plastic waste, the practice itself could be making matters worse by producing an even more ...

From the frozen ice caps of the polar regions to the warm waters of the tropical coral reefs, from deep sea vents to shallow seagrass beds, the oceans contain the greatest diversity of life on Earth.

UNEP Executive Director, Inger Andersen says environmental multilateralism is vital for global health and prosperity. Urging ...

marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily ... A striped mahi-mahi larva (center right), just under two inches long, turns away from the rope; an inch-long triggerfish (upper left ...