With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

PlastChem is the most comprehensive global overview of plastic-related chemicals to date. It identifies over 12,600 ...

Plastic-coated fertilizers used on farms are emerging as a major but hidden source of ocean microplastics. A new study found ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

"The Problem With Plastic" is both a call to arms and a thorough look at the far-reaching effects of plastic production.

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 ...

UC Santa Barbara researchers and their colleagues estimate that without intervention, plastic pollution is on track to double by 2050. But in a study published in the journal Science, these same ...

Using so called seabed coring somewhat similar to the ice core drilling techniques used by glaciologists, researchers from the University of Copenhagen in cooperation with colleagues from Aarhus ...

The development hasn’t been straightforward. Early versions of the algorithm struggled with shadows and confused driftwood ...

Plastic pollution is widespread across the Amazon Rainforest’s rivers, plants and animals, according to a recent study. Previous research suggests up to 10% of total plastics in the ocean arrive there ...

Scientists now estimate that around 8M tons of plastic waste pour into the ocean every year, forming swirling gyres of debris that behave like slow-motion tornadoes in water. These spirals of trash ...