Now the same team, along with their colleagues, have found signs of dementia-like brain damage, kidney and liver dysfunction, ...

Microplastics are silently sabotaging the planet’s greenery, curbing photosynthesis, and threatening food security.

The last negotiations for a treaty to rein in plastic waste ended in a stalemate, but some participants saw signs of a possible breakthrough this summer.

In short, while the picture is authentic, it does not show the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch." Underwater photographer ...

When US President Donald Trump vowed to end the "ridiculous situation" of paper straws with an executive order recently, he noted that he had used "them many times, and on occasion, they break, they ...

Plastic is polluting oceans and national park beaches alike ... they’re just the right size to enter the ocean’s food webs and, eventually, find their way onto our dinner plates. “Microplastics are ...

What we eat affects our teeth and gums, while our oral health influences our ability to consume a nutritious diet.

The rate of antibiotic resistance on the microplastic was so high compared to other materials, that she performed the experiments multiple times, testing different combinations of antibiotics and ...

Colombian marine biologist Fernando Trujillo has spent a lifetime working with the endangered creatures, which offer a window ...

This has negative implications for animals that depend on the fish as a food ... ocean rather than settling there. Emili said the researchers are now working on determining what kinds of plastic ...