Using ocean current models and chemical analysis, a team explains how oily material managed to travel over 5,200 miles (8,500 ...

Found throughout our bodies, food and environment, both microplastics and their ingredients have been linked to heart attacks, stroke, respiratory conditions, fertility issues and death—to name just a ...

Encouraged by these results, Dudin, Dey, Guichard, and Hamel launched a close collaboration. Three years later, their work has produced near-encyclopedic insight into hundreds of protist species and ...

Why is lost and abandoned fishing gear - so-called “ghost gear” - such a serious problem in the world’s oceans? Jill McKay, ...

"We call ... to address this emerging threat." Experts call for 'urgent global action' after making disturbing discovery deep ...

Tuna, swordfish, sting rays and shark often eat plastic, mistaking them for food. Experts say ingested plastic more often ...

A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured just how fast microplastics move through the gut passage of a key ...

A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured how fast microplastics move through the gut passage of a key ...

The new year began with a new California law for grocery stores: shoppers no longer have the option to take home plastic bags ...

For people, the concern is direct exposure. Humans may consume up to 5 grams (0.18 ounces) of plastic particles weekly ...

Scientists believe the whale, which beached in Kauai, died from ingesting fishing traps and nets, plastic bags, and other marine debris. The 56-foot, 120,000-pound marine mammal had foreign objects at ...

According to CyprusMail, the environmental protection department announced a ban on single-use plastic bags in the north that ...