Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

New research claims that tons of invisible nanoplastics are hiding in our oceans, raising even more concerns about plastic ...

At the dawn of the millennium, a group of eminent scientists began compiling a list of the threats they felt were most likely ...

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, reports that despite two years of negotiations among 175 countries, a global treaty to end plastic pollution has stalled. The lack of progress ...

New research reveals the impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds—with chicks dying after becoming entangled in ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

Regardless of the patchwork of regulations aimed at limiting plastic bag use in the United States, new research indicates ...

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

The world produces over 100 million tons of plastic a year, which could take hundreds of years to fully degrade, but ...

Amid a global plastic-pollution crisis, artist Erik Jon Olson turns his own plastic waste into quilted works of art in which ...