Scientists have discovered that the ocean’s “missing” plastic hasn’t vanished—it has broken down into trillions of invisible nanoplastics now spread through water, air, and living organisms. These ...

Discover the latest findings from the International Marine Litter Research Unit as experts investigate how plastic waste ...

Beneath the ocean’s surface, bacteria have evolved specialized enzymes that can digest PET plastic, the material used in bottles and clothes. Researchers at KAUST discovered that a unique molecular ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

Plastic can take a long time to break down and decompose. Combine that with the fact that plastic is being found everywhere and microplastics have even been found in the human body, and you have quite ...

Scientists now estimate that around 8M tons of plastic waste pour into the ocean every year, forming swirling gyres of debris that behave like slow-motion tornadoes in water. These spirals of trash ...

People look through plastic and other debris washed ashore at a beach on Indonesia's resort island of Bali - Copyright AFP SONNY TUMBELAKA People look through plastic ...

Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Just six pieces of rubber smaller than a pea can be fatal to seabirds, new research shows, revealing shockingly ...