Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

New research shows petroleum-based microplastics can worsen harmful algal blooms by killing zooplankton that normally keep ...

You probably already knew that plastic can be bad, but scientists have taken a closer look, and found out it can be bad in ...

From hormones to heart health, The Lancet warns plastic exposure could double disease risk by 2040, threatening public health worldwide without urgent action.

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

Scientists have linked microplastics to endocrine-disrupting chemicals such as phthalates, which can interfere with hormones ...

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

The Venerable Preah Sereikosol Som Sokha, senior adviser to the Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia and president of the Buddhist ...

Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, according to a new study that links rising risks directly to the manufacture of new ...

Plastic waste is shifting from environmental burden to a strategic resource as advanced materials turn industrial waste into ...

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

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 ...