Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

The study found seabirds face extreme risk after swallowing just 23 pieces of plastic, giving them a 90% chance of dying.

A recent spill of bio-beads—small plastic pellets used by some wastewater treatment facilities since the 1990s—has brought ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

A new study finds that a handful of nations are responsible for the vast majority of plastic waste entering the world’s ...

Discover the alarming global crisis of plastic pollution and how it affects our oceans and rivers. This video explores the ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics—but how much is too much?

Plastic pollution in the ocean could remain on the water's surface for more than a century, a new study has found. Scientists ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

Every year, around 20 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean, rivers, and lakes — disrupting ecosystems and livelihoods. NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics), ...

Plastic pollution harms marine life and ecosystems. Discover easy ways to cut plastic waste and join the call for a global ...

Leading shipping companies are joining forces to combat ocean plastic pollution through the launch of the Maritime ...