Microplastics are already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up, they are becoming a much bigger and more hazardous problem, according to a new analysis ...

A new study by the University of Portsmouth shows that plastic items make up more than seven in ten pieces of litter recorded ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up ...

Scientists say global warming can accelerate the spread of microplastics, which threaten the health of people, plants and ...

A new Pew model tracking 52 plastics and seven microplastic sources shows the crisis accelerating, with health and climate ...

Plastic pollution can be cut by 83% by 2040 and almost eliminated from one of its leading causes: packaging.

The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 ...

Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies ...

"Recycling doesn’t sustainably prevent plastic waste from ending up in the environment," argues Judith Enck.

Climate change is making plastic pollution more mobile, toxic, and widespread, accelerating risks for wildlife, ecosystems, ...

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, ...

The University of California, Berkeley unveiled a new interactive tool on Tuesday that it designed for the United Nations, at ...