Community-led research from UC Santa Barbara’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents ,and eight ...

Representatives from 175 countries will gather in Geneva, Switzerland, in August for the final round of negotiations on a ...

Plastic is a major contributor to climate change, as the primary raw materials used in its creation are coal, natural gas, and crude oil—all leading sources of harmful emissions.

Correction — An earlier version of the headline misstated how much plastic pollution is dumped into the ocean. It is 2,000 truckloads each day. This story has been updated. Credits.

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

The U.S. and 174 other nations failed to agree on a new treaty to reduce the plastic pollution contaminating our environment, food, water, and even our bodies.

Countries are racing to finalize a U.N. treaty to end plastic pollution Negotiations over a U.N. treaty to cut plastics have been bogged down. Environmental groups blame the oil and gas industry.

Plastic-eating bacteria could combat pollution problems, scientists hope. A bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a new study finds.

A United Nations official said negotiators have a "clear path to landing an ambitious deal" on plastic pollution. But environmentalists say the plastic industry is undermining an effective agreement.

The world creates 57 million tons of plastic pollution every year and spreads it from the deepest oceans to the highest mountaintop to the inside of people's bodies, according to a new study that ...