“Our results indicate that microplastics may tip the balance of conditions in favor of algal blooms,” the authors conclude in ...

"Much more ambitious action from governments and industry transparency is needed." Experts sound alarm over ominous side ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

Despite recycling efforts, most plastic still ends up in landfills, where it takes centuries to decompose and leaches ...

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

A new review published in Frontiers in Science is calling for urgent action to avoid irreversible ecological damage by stemming the tide of microplastics entering the environment. Climate change ...

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region in Southern Australia is ...

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

The effects of plastic on the three planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution: scientific knowledge is still patchy and unevenly distributed. The United Nations ...

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

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating through urban air, far exceeding earlier estimates. Road dust and rainfall ...

Five large patches of trash swirling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans serve as a crushing reminder that the ocean bears the brunt of the plastic pollution crisis, with more than 11 million ...