Most chewing gum on sale is made from a variety of oil-based synthetic rubbers—similar to the plastic material used in car ...

By coring the seabed at 850 m water depth in Disko Bay off Greenland's west coast, researchers from the University of ...

Plastic waste is increasingly causing problems for fishers. Fishnets bring up bottles, propellers get tangled in bags, water ...

Research on plastics in aquatic environments is well-established, but little is known about their presence, pathways, and ...

While recycling aims to reduce plastic waste, the practice itself could be making matters worse by producing an even more ...

Depeche Mode and Hublot partner with Mallorca Preservation to combat plastic pollution in the Balearic Islands.

Manakudy estuary in Kanniyakumari district faces sewage contamination, endangering delicate mangrove ecosystem and aquatic ...

Purging our world of microplastics requires change at the government level. But until that happens, here are some things ...

Grandly christened the Plastic Odyssey, this 40-metre long “floating laboratory” is a three-and-half year expedition that set ...

Biologging uses animal sensors to track ocean changes, helping scientists address climate, pollution, and conservation.

The National Environment Management Council (NEMC) has acknowledged that enforcing Tanzania’s plastic bag ban remains a ...

Now the same team, along with their colleagues, have found signs of dementia-like brain damage, kidney and liver dysfunction, ...