The first study of microplastics in Texas coastal sediment was funded through a local environmental activist’s landmark legal ...

Recycling plastic helps reduce microplastic pollution, since plastics that end up in landfills can break down and leach into ...

“Microplastics are particles ranging from one micron to five millimetres in size. Most research is done on larger fragments, while we focused on extremely small materials, starting from 20 microns,” ...

Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to have ...

A recent report from Oceana, a nonprofit conservation organization, projects that by 2030, Coca-Cola products will contribute ...

Most models haven’t accounted for how microplastics may increase global warming by disrupting natural cycles that store carbon.

Evidence is accumulating that microplastics found nearly everywhere are also invading our bodies. What should you do?

Ana Brecevic's recent series, 'Plasticum,' reflects on the ever-growing problem of plastic pollution in the earth's oceans ...

UNEP Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean Juan Bello talks about a new effort to equip students with the ...

It is part and parcel of a plastic pollution crisis that experts say is ravaging ecosystems, exposing people to potentially harmful pollutants and stoking climate change. “Plastic pollution is one of ...

Thousands of plastic nurdles washed up on beaches stretching the eastern coasts of England are being vacuumed up after being washed ashore following a tanker collision in the North Sea. Workmen ...

With millions of tonnes discarded annually, the growing plastic pollution crisis threatens wildlife, contaminates waterways, increases greenhouse gas emissions and contributes to long-term ...