As part of the SAS's People vs Plastic campaign some 500 people will form a human chain along the famous Penzance Prom to ...

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 ...

New research reveals the impact of discarded plastic materials on young birds – with chicks dying after becoming entangled in synthetic fibres used to build their nests. Scientists from the University ...

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 ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggests 27 ...

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