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

A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

A sweeping new analysis connects two of the planet's most pressing environmental crises, revealing that pervasive ...

In Geneva, negotiators from 175 nations are trying to hammer out the first-ever legally binding treaty on plastic pollution. The urgency of the talks was underscored this week by a new study published ...

You probably already knew that plastic can be bad, but scientists have taken a closer look, and found out it can be bad in surprising ways. Happy Earth Day! After watching this video, check out our ...

a list of common materials to test your knowledge of plastic, and to marvel at the scale of the plastic pollution crisis ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Health hazards in Michigan's waterways have long been a top concern for its people, given the the state's stewardship of a vast amount of the world's freshwater supply. Risks ...

Micro- and nano-scopic sized pieces of plastic people use everyday can eventually find its way into the most unlikely of places, even in the plaque of clogged arteries of cardiac patients, a recent ...

The Trump administration is going after microplastics in drinking water. A new plan to study and regulate plastic pollution ...

The food industry giant is on trial before a criminal illegally dumping plastic bottles that contaminated the soil and water ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...