One of the most abundant pelagic sharks in the world has been shown to ingest both plastic and non-plastic fibers, which ...

As tiny pieces of plastic clog our oceans, natural meadows of seagrass are bundling up microplastics and spitting them back ...

Plastic risk maps reveal hidden ocean hotspots where wildlife faces harm from ingestion, entanglement, and chemicals.

Two of the deepest points in the ocean were littered with massive heaps of plastic packaging, mainly plastic bags.

Plastic pollution plagues our oceans, but seagrass meadows offer a surprising solution. Neptune balls, formed from fibrous ...

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 ...

World Environment Day 2022 focused on "Ending Plastic Pollution" due to the global impact on ecosystems and health.

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

Negotiators working on a landmark treaty to address the global crisis of plastic pollution failed to reach an agreement ...

Sand toys left behind on the beach can be swept into the ocean by rising tides. Once in the water, plastic toys break down ...

A new study has uncovered the Levant Basin as one of the world's most concentrated graveyards for plastic packaging and the mechanisms that help the plastic sink down to the seafloor.

WASHINGTON — When it comes to laws addressing plastic pollution, the vast majority of states need improvement to reduce, reuse and recycle, according to the new United States of Plastic Report from ...