Plastic pollution could double its harm to human health in the coming decades if current production trends continue, ...

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region ...

"Much more ambitious action from governments and industry transparency is needed." Experts sound alarm over ominous side ...

A new review published in Frontiers in Science is calling for urgent action to avoid irreversible ecological damage by stemming the tide of microplastics entering the environment. Climate change ...

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

Even in some of the most isolated corners of the Pacific, plastic pollution has quietly worked its way into the food web. A ...

The effects of plastic on the three planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution: scientific knowledge is still patchy and unevenly distributed. The United Nations ...

Medical centres are established to treat diseases and serve humanity, yet the plastic pollution generated by these same institutions is becoming a silent threat to both the environment and public ...

You probably already knew that plastic can be bad, but scientists have taken a closer look, and found out it can be bad in ...

Five large patches of trash swirling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans serve as a crushing reminder that the ocean bears the brunt of the plastic pollution crisis, with more than 11 million ...

The fact that plastics pollute the environment and generate problems has been well-researched in many areas. However, there is little information on the impacts of plastics on climate and biodiversity ...