Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic ...

The protest highlighted the dangers of microplastics in the environment, including when they are ingested and inhaled by ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Global negotiations to address plastic pollution collapsed in Geneva, Switzerland, last August after ...

Scientists analyzed thousands of autopsies of seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals and found that even small amounts of ...

Plastic and microplastic pollution has become a defining environmental concern of our time; headlines warn that these ...

A study by the University of Portsmouth has revealed for the first time the extent of the devastating impact of plastic ...

Fragments of rubber balloons, plastic bags and fishing line can cause fatal blockages and injuries in sea turtles, seabirds ...

By adding new filters at water treatment plants, PolyGone is removing microplastics from the water system—and then recycling ...

If you enjoyed Beth Gardiner’s feature about big oil’s bet on plastics, here are more books curated by Scientific American ...

The County Council passed the first reading of Bill 83, which aims to reduce disposable plastic and polystyrene and was ...

With trillions of pieces of plastic littering oceans, threatening ocean and life and economic opportunity, drones, satellites ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Protestors often use creative methods to draw attention to a cause, and the folks opposed to runaway ...