A new study has uncovered the Levant Basin as one of the world's most concentrated graveyards for plastic packaging and the ...

Plastic waste is sinking to the Mediterranean seafloor, creating one of the world’s biggest deep-sea pollution hotspots, a ...

"Now we have a deep understanding of how it happens." Scientists sound the alarm after making disturbing discovery deep in Mediterranean Sea: 'It was an unsolved mystery' first appeared on The Cool ...

Mediterranean Sea Posidonia oceanica seagrass is washing up on beaches in the form of balls—dubbed ‘Neptune balls’—full of ...

There’s less plastic pollution flowing into the ocean from land than scientists previously thought, according to a study published Monday in the journal Nature Geoscience. The researchers estimated ...

Plastic bottles shed harmful microplastics and chemicals, creating hidden health risks from everyday drinking habits.

Eight million tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. What it's done to this island is a stark warning.

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...

Pandora Dewan is a Senior Science Reporter at Newsweek based in London, UK. Her focus is reporting on science, health and technology. Pandora joined Newsweek in 2022 and previously worked as the Head ...

From balls of seagrass that have filtered out microplastics from the ocean, to innovative solutions that turns seaweed into biofuel, there's good news out there ...

A Halloween toy was among hundreds of plastic items found in the guts of dead sea turtles in the Mediterranean, a new study reveals. A Halloween toy was among hundreds of plastic items found in the ...

Trying to give up single-use plastics can seem like a fool’s errand, with nearly every imaginable product you can buy ensconced in plastic packaging. “We live in a society that’s completely skewed ...