Now the same team, along with their colleagues, have found signs of dementia-like brain damage, kidney and liver dysfunction, and disruptions to the stomach lining of sable shearwater chicks ( Sci.

# While the jury is still out, according to some scientists, on the extent of harm posed by microplastics, the negative impact on human health of some of the chemicals used to manufacture plastics has ...

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

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 ...

Microplastics increase antibiotic resistance and damage plants' ability to photosynthesise, writes Fionn Ferreira ...

Its impact is widespread, from littering the ocean floor to infiltrating the food web. Researchers have raised alarms about excessive plastic use in scientific laboratories in the past.

The azure waters of Lamu's coastline, once pristine and teeming with marine life, now face a mounting crisis as abandoned boats and vessels litter the archipelago's shores.This environmental hazard is ...

Ghana, like many developing nations, faces a myriad of challenges as it strives for progress. Among these, environmental ...

The proposal to mine the Kollam Bank for construction sand poses an existential threat for fishing communities and marine ...

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 ...