Two City of Galveston agencies have partnered with the Washed Ashore Project to create a permanent piece of public art made ...

Some Long Island nurseries and big-box stores are offering an eco-friendly solution. They are offering to recycle the ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

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Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

On a remote Australian island, the birds are so full of plastic they crunch Seabirds have been fishing plastic from the ocean and feeding it to their chicks, researchers say. One bird was found to ...

Plastic pollution is impacting our environment and health. Microplastics and toxic chemicals used in plastic production are pervasive. They are in the air we ...

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. Scientist say the crisis is getting worse.

New research on nanoplastics pollution and ‘chemicals of concern’ underscores the need for a strong agreement when ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Scientists in Australia have discovered a disturbing feature of the birds around the remote Lord Howe Island in New South Wales—they crunch. The picturesque landscape, located about a two-hour ...