Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...

Today, plastic has become a major environmental problem affecting all the world's seas. Even the most remote seas, such as ...

Pollution is one of the biggest problems facing planet Earth, a consequence of poor practices and decisions made by humankind ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Rebecca Helm despises the phrase “Great Pacific Garbage Patch.” This moniker is used ...

Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news updates. Led by Ocean Conservancy researchers, the paper is the most comprehensive study yet to quantify the extent to which a range of plastic ...

As plastic pollution emerges as one of the planet's most pressing environmental threats, Tulane University scientists have published the first global assessment of where plastics pose the greatest ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics – but how much is too much? The bar is low, according to a new study, less than three sugar cubes worth could kill ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ingested plastic can be deadly. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Two baseballs for a ...

Plastic has been found in every single part of the ocean, from the surface to the seafloor and from the tropics to the poles. Land-based sources of plastic account for the majority of this pollution, ...