Jay Karr Island Packet We don’t want plastic in the ocean. Most plastic degrades slowly, and we have all seen pictures and ...

It is studying the effects of plastic litter on marine life and plans to launch an inquiry into the effects on human health, including fetal formation. One study found that man-made marine debris ...

Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other marine mammals are killed each year after ingesting plastic or getting entangled ...

Pesticides and microplastics could drive a West Coast native animal to extinction and further harm marine life, according to ...

Many of the sea creatures we love – birds, fish, turtles and whales – die because of the plastic that’s suffocating our seas. Plastic is choking our oceans. Sir David Attenborough told us during Blue ...

A new study finds that microplastic pollution reduces plant photosynthesis, threatening global food security and worsening ...

"One hundred percent of plastic marine debris tested have either similar or stronger acoustic target strengths compared with that of whale prey items," the authors report in a paper appearing online ...

The executive order Trump signed will undercut the former administration’s 2022 initiative to phase out single-use plastics, including straws, containers and bottles, from federal buildings by 2032 ...

Waste generated by human activities has now reached the deepest point in the Mediterranean: the 5,112-meter-deep Calypso Deep ...

The first ever assessment of litter in Mediterranean's deepest place located in Greece's eastern Ionian Sea has detected huge ...

Environmental activists say plastic straws have adverse consequences on the environment, especially marine life. The “Save the Turtles” movement grew from a desire to protect sea turtles from ...