More than 40 million depend on the Great Lakes for drinking water. Yet plastic pollution in the lake water isn’t regulated, ...

Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...

A team of University of Maryland researchers says it may be on the verge of solving one of the world's biggest environmental ...

Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That's how much plastic ...

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a Korean solar billionaire and The Ocean Cleanup’s Boyan Slat on trash interceptors and Great Pacific Garbage Patch ...

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running ...

Russian scientists have proposed a new way to detect plastic debris hidden under the surface of the ocean. The method is ...

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President Trump would have us believe he’s struck a blow for middle America by banning weak showers, multiple toilet flushes and soggy straws, rescinding a 33-year-old federal requirement for ...

Microplastics are everywhere, including in bottled water, table salt, and fresh fruits. Here's how microplastics get into ...

The ocean works quietly every day to protect life on Earth. It absorbs heat from the atmosphere, stores massive amounts of carbon dioxide and produces much of the oxygen humans breathe.