According to UNESCO, plastic waste makes up 80% of all marine pollution, with 8–10 million metric tons of plastic making its ...

For years, Jack Auty studied how inflammation in the human body drives diseases, ranging from stroke to sepsis to Alzheimer’s ...

The battle against plastic pellet pollution has received a significant boost at the ongoing International Maritime Summit in ...

The company behind GLAD garbage bags has been fined more than $8 million after making misleading claims about a product being ...

The Ocean Cleanup is fighting against this accumulation. In 2024, the foundation removed 11.5 million kilos of garbage from the world’s oceans and rivers. They even put a price tag on cleaning up the ...

The Emmy winner - turning 71 later this month - bundled up to walk her little raincoat-clad pooch in her native New York City ...

Microplastics have become such a big part of our lives that a new study found a plastic spoon's worth of ... A recent study from researchers at the Ocean Conservancy found that 88% of vegetable ...

“This is the most gruesome thing I have ever done,” he admitted on camera. After the act, he reflected on the disturbing nature of the experience: “It’s a very odd feeling, feeling the ...

Although he found the experience extremely distressing, describing it as the "most gruesome thing" he's ever been part of, Mr Parry recognized the cultural significance of this ritual.

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But if some of it does end up in the ocean, it will be far less harmful, and possibly even beneficial, compared to current plastic waste. A paper describing the research was published in the ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - A former Duke University football player has allegedly confessed to killing his former high school friend and Charlotte, North Carolina, real estate agent Whitney Hurd, according ...