Satellite data suggests cloud darkening is responsible for much of the warming since 2001, and the good news is that it is a ...

Plastic is not only littering Louisville roads and waterways, it is impacting our health. Join the global 'Plastic Free July' movement.

In a valley where people moved to escape “the ravages of pollution,” a plant that changes plastic into synthetic oil isn’t ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

No country receives more discarded plastic from wealthy countries, but shipments from the United States are no longer welcome ...

Used in everything from water bottles to medical devices to building materials to clothes; plastic is a given in our daily lives. Yet, only about 9 per cent of plastic is recycled — the rest ends up ...

Plastic pollution is when plastic waste ends up in the environment, and it can damage our oceans, rivers, lakes and beaches. The main problem with plastic is that most of it isn't biodegradable.

The world’s plastic pollution crisis, explained Much of the planet is swimming in discarded plastic, which is harming animal and possibly human health. Can plastic pollution be cleaned up?

Plastic is a product that is ubiquitous in today's society, says Sarah Morath, Wake Forest professor of law and author of the book "Our Plastic Problem and How to Solve It." ...

New research shows that microplastics have been contaminating some freshwater streams decades earlier than previously ...