A NASA mission designed to study dust is now helping scientists track plastic pollution, from space. Climatologist Marina ...

Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific ...

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study shows plastic pollution threatens ocean life in complex and often hidden ways. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

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 ...

A year ago, millions of plastic pellets escaped from a cargo ship and ended up on beaches. Sam Beech's shop encourages zero-food-waste shopping with customers filling their own containers. Call-outs ...

Plastic pollution is a "grave, growing and under-recognized danger" to health that is costing the world at least $1.5 trillion a year, experts warned in a report on Monday. The new review of the ...

Plastic pollution is widespread across the Amazon Rainforest’s rivers, plants and animals, according to a recent study. Previous research suggests up to 10% of total plastics in the ocean arrive there ...

Plastic waste pollutes our oceans, food, even our bodies. This week, 175 countries are trying to create a treaty to reduce that waste. Nations such as Saudi Arabia and Russia, who produce fossil fuels ...

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations began ...