A new paper in Nature describes the startling amount of plastic pollution in the oceans. The researchers performed a detailed ...

Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily life of every person. But despite such a tremendous figure, scientists have ...

Twenty-five years after first warning that oil spills would wane while invasive species and climate impacts would surge, an international team revisits its coastal forecasts and finds many bull's-eyes ...

The organization’s "United States of Plastics" report uses a five-star scale to rate state-level efforts to combat plastic ...

A report assessing state policies on plastics comes just weeks before negotiators meet to attempt to finalize a global treaty ...

According to a new report from the Ocean Conservancy, a staggering 90 percent of states are lagging in their efforts to curb plastic pollution.

California received the highest score and Mississippi the worst in a new nationwide ranking of state laws designed to reduce ...

A new study estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone has a staggering 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics.

As the population has grown in the region, so has the amount of garbage Horry County takes into its landfill. In the 2015 ...

Plastic particles less than one micrometre in size are found across the globe – from the peaks of the Alps to the depths of the oceans. A research team from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental ...

When David Lloyd's mum first gave him fake flowers, he hid them. Now, they've taken over his home. And he's not unhappy about ...