Plastic pollution in the ocean could remain on the water's surface for more than a century, a new study has found. Scientists ...

Every year, more than 8 million tons of plastic enter the ocean - bags, cups, straws, and many other items from the daily ...

Large, buoyant plastic items degrade over decades, shedding microplastics as they go. These tiny fragments may eventually ...

Aidan Charron grew up near the ocean and developed a respect for nature. Now, he’s with the organization Earth Day, calling ...

Floating ocean plastics can take more than 100 years to disappear, breaking into tiny fragments that slowly sink to the seafloor.

"Now studying tissue from cross-sections of a single brain to find out whether certain regions have higher ... concentrations ...

The study looked at 415 ocean samples, and nearly 80% had some kind of PET-degrading enzyme. Scientists stunned after ...

A newly discovered enzyme motif reveals how ocean microbes are evolving to digest plastic, potentially aiding future cleanup ...

In an ideal world, plastics wouldn’t be a problem, leading to a pollution crisis that degrades ecosystems and endangers human ...

According to a report by the UK-based organisation Greenmatch, Asian countries remain the largest contributors to ocean plastic pollution, producing around 81% of total marine waste. Bangladesh is ...

The ocean is doing its best to soak up excess heat caused by greenhouse emissions, but once humanity (hopefully) achieves a ...

Sunlight breaks clothes made of synthetic fabrics into tiny plastic fibers that pollute oceans. Color affects how quickly ...