Scientists now estimate that around 8M tons of plastic waste pour into the ocean every year, forming swirling gyres of debris ...

Discover which countries are responsible for the most plastic waste that ends up on beaches and coasts around the world Take a walk along any beach in the world and you’re likely to find some sort of ...

"They're just thrown into the water." Experts issue warning about hidden hazard lurking in world's oceans: 'One of the main ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine are private, nonprofit institutions that provide expert advice on some of the most pressing challenges facing the nation and world. Our ...

In the oceans, the most widespread type of plastic pollution may be the kind you can’t see. A new study published Wednesday in the journal Nature estimates that the North Atlantic Ocean alone contains ...

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...

Like the lead paint and asbestos of decades past, microplastics are the new awful contaminant that we really ought to do something about. They’re particularly abundant in the aquatic environment, and ...

Pam Longobardi, “Ghosts of Consumption,” taken in Hawai'i (all images courtesy the artist and Fall Line Press) Maybe artists think more than most people about the trace they leave on the world. For ...

Our ability to survive on the only known habitable planet has always involved adaptation and innovation. Carbon emissions and plastics, while central to our current way of life, have detrimental ...

The Belém climate change conference will not include direct discussions about curbing the use of plastic, a material ...

And of the 10 highest ocean plastic polluters, six countries accounting for more than 50 per cent of global plastic waste are ...