Quantifying the dangers of plastic pollution in the seas and nature, a team of researchers in a new study estimates that about half of the world’s seabirds have ingested plastic additives. The ...

Plastic is everywhere in modern society. While it has paved the way for enormous progress, the pollution it leaves behind is ...

On Thursday, Dalhousie University professor Tony Walker will virtually meet with the UN Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC). The committee is in its sixth round of talks over an ...

Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the ...

The problem of maritime plastic-waste pollution first became apparent in the 1970s. In the half-century since then, the problem has become ever more widespread, as scientific expeditions conducted by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Plastic waste is littered across the beach of Costa del Este, in Panama City, in April 2021. Countries are gathering in Geneva ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Cities and nations are looking at banning plastic straws and stirrers in hopes of addressing the world's plastic pollution problem. The problem is so large, though, that scientists ...

alks on striking a global treaty on combating plastic pollution were extended an extra day into Friday but with no clear endgame in sight. Ten days of negotiations at the United Nations in Geneva were ...

"The Problem With Plastic" is both a call to arms and a thorough look at the far-reaching effects of plastic production.

Scientists discovered massive microplastics forming plastic clouds over Chinese cities, raising concerns about human health, ...