Microplastics are tiny particles of plastic less than five millimetres in length that are created as products break down over ...

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

Matthias Rillig’s research reveals a range of impacts of microplastics on soil-dwelling worms, bacteria, and plants—some of ...

The Pan African Vision for the Environment (PAVE) is asking citizens in Nigeria to contact their national negotiating ...

New research reveals the impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds—with chicks dying after becoming entangled in ...

Scientists estimated that a green sea turtle could contain up to 26.4 grams of plastic, equivalent to approximately 10 ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Sunscreen chemicals like EHMC may be silently increasing ocean plastic pollution by strengthening harmful microbial biofilms ...

The study found widespread microplastic pollution across some Appalachian streams, which poses ecological and public health ...

Negotiations toward a global, legally binding plastics treaty are set to resume this summer, with the United Nations ...

Polar adventurer Alan Chambers has teamed up with climate scientists to see if microplastics and nanoplastics have reached some of Earth’s remotest corners.

New research indicates there’s at least one strategy that works to curb an especially problematic and unnecessary form of plastic trash. Local and state level bans on plastic bags successfully ...