Plastic pollution is one of the greatest threats facing our oceans today. Each year, over 8 million tons of plastic—ranging ...

A submarine dove 5,112 meters into the Mediterranean and uncovered a catastrophic plastic waste crisis.

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Three species of bacteria in combination are capable of breaking down PAE diethyl phthalate, an important component in plastic pollution. Yet none of the three can do the same thing in isolation to ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

As nations began a second week of negotiations Monday for a global accord to end plastic pollution, an artist heaped piles of plastic waste onto a large sculpture in front of the United Nations office ...

Five companies are responsible for a quarter of all plastic waste worldwide, according to a study published in the journal Science Advances. © Kazi Salahuddin Razu ...

The ocean is awash with plastic— more than 171 trillion pieces, scientists have estimated, and growing all the time. Animals ...

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