Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, ...

A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

"The Problem With Plastic" is both a call to arms and a thorough look at the far-reaching effects of plastic production.

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

You probably already knew that plastic can be bad, but scientists have taken a closer look, and found out it can be bad in ...

With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

"Can contribute to the disruption of many physiological processes." New study uncovers disturbing side effects of drinking ...

Marce Gutiérrez-Graudiņš was hoping she’d be a part of history last month when more than 170 countries gathered in Busan, South Korea, to forge a legally binding global treaty to curb plastic ...

The ocean, vast and seemingly infinite, has been humanity's dumping ground for plastic waste. With 171 trillion pieces of plastic amounting to 1 million to 1.7 million tons currently floating in it, ...