By converting plastic waste into a microbe-friendly food source, scientists have built an upcycling pipeline that turns the waste into a variety of useful products. The findings are detailed in the ...

Nurdles are a form of plastic pollution, and one individual's dedication helped remove plastic pollution in a river after a ...

A plastic drinks bottle is one of the most "recyclable" objects in the modern waste stream. It is lightweight and collected in huge volumes. Yet even for this item, the reality of recycling is messy: ...

New Microplastics Research Center at PSU hopes to identify sources of pervasive, potentially dangerous pollution ...

Tiny shards of plastic called microplastics are all over the environment and even inside human bodies. Researchers have found a type of bioengineered algae that can clean up these pesky particles.

Understand how informal talks on the Plastics Treaty signal a potential revival in global efforts to mitigate plastic pollution.

This Texas Tribune story is published in partnership with Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent newsroom covering climate, energy and environmental issues. The Victoria Advocate publishes ...

An environmental assessment of textile fibre pollution has found natural textile fibres persist in lake sediments, and could ...

It is hard to believe that life can survive in Antarctica. Despite its harsh conditions, hardy flora and fauna do just that ...

By integrating experimental evidence across freshwater and marine systems, the study emphasizes that algae–microplastic interactions are not uniformly harmful but context-dependent, offering ...

When we become physicians, our first act is to take the oath “First, do no harm,” one of the guiding principles for everyone in health care. But if we were doing something every day that causes harm ...