Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines.

The ocean surface retains a stubborn trace of our plastic waste. Even if we were to stop all pollution today, these residues would persist for decades, or even more than a century. This worrying ...

Plastic pollution is everywhere—including where you would least expect it, especially when it's in tiny particle form. Today, ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

Michigan’s Grand Haven State Park is a little chilly for swimming and sand castles in early May, but the weather is perfect for a cleanup crew combing the shore of Lake Michigan. Volunteers working ...

Surfing's very own Bruce Wayne, the inimitable Ryan Harris, has developed a realistic solution to the plastic pollution crisis by turning ocean-bound plastic into surfboard fins and other products and ...

Every year, around 20 million tonnes of plastic end up in the ocean, rivers, and lakes — disrupting ecosystems and livelihoods. NUclear TEChnology for Controlling Plastic Pollution (NUTEC Plastics), ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

Researchers find that nationwide policies to ban plastic bags may be paying off, with fewer showing up during coastal cleanups. Ever since their invention in 1959, plastic bags have become synonymous ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...