Banning plastic grocery bags ... risks increasing the use of alternatives that end up doing even more environmental damage, including to ocean and marine life.” | Opinion ...

Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 garbage trucks full of plastic are dumped into the world’s oceans, rivers, and lakes. Plastic pollution is a global problem. Every year 19-23 million tonnes of ...

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

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

Microplastics are silently sabotaging the planet’s greenery, curbing photosynthesis, and threatening food security.

The Seychelles offers more than a dreamy honeymoon retreat — the archipelago is home to plants and animals found nowhere else ...

For the last 12 years a company called Bureo has been working with local fisherman to remove dangerous nets from the ocean.

Debris produced by human activity has now been spotted at a depth of 5,112 meters (3.2 miles) in the Mediterranean Sea.

Mark Rowe reports on the failure to agree on an international treaty to limit plastic pollution and what our best hopes are ...

According to a new report by the CSIRO, several Sydney wastewater treatment plants are discharging alarming amounts of microplastics into the ocean.

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

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