Sunlight hits tiny particles of plastic floating in a clear water solution. Slowly, they begin to disappear, leaving behind a familiar household chemical: acetic acid, the main ingredient in vinegar.

Explore the urgent issue of ocean plastic pollution and its impact on marine life and human health. Find out how to help.

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

A Texas environmental activist is in the second week of a hunger strike to protest Dow Chemical's application to relax rules on discharging plastics into the state's coastal waterways. Diane Wilson, a ...

Cockroach gut microbes can rapidly degrade polystyrene, demonstrating their potential for plastic bioremediation.

The MSC ELSA-3 shipwreck, off Kerala’s coast in southern India, spilled oil and plastic pellets, with potential impacts on marine life, coastal ecosystems and fishing livelihoods. Gaps in maritime law ...

ZARANJ (Pajhwok): As plastic pollution grows into a serious environmental and health challenge in Afghanistan, women in northwestern Nimroz province are rejecting plastic bags in favour of cloth ones ...

Discover how Adidas and Parley for the Oceans are pioneering the fight against plastic pollution by transforming ocean waste into sustainable sports gear. This video explores Adidas's innovative use ...