Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

Plastic littered across the world’s beaches can now be detected from space. Researchers from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT) in Australia developed a new satellite imaging technique ...

Scientists at the plastic technology center AIMPLAS are working hard to decrease our reliance on plastic. The team is "addressing this issue through innovative technologies such as physicochemical ...

Learn about the impact of plastic pollution on climate change and environmental degradation during the Society of the Four Arts showing of “Plastic Earth.” Scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Friday at the Walter ...

The figures suggest that plastic, a material that has existed for barely a century, now outweighs all animal life combined, ...