Plastic pollution is a severe environmental issue, especially affecting our oceans. Each year, millions of tons of plastic ...

For years, Jack Auty studied how inflammation in the human body drives diseases, ranging from stroke to sepsis to Alzheimer’s ...

The Ocean Cleanup is fighting against this accumulation. In 2024, the foundation removed 11.5 million kilos of garbage from ...

The planet is drowning in plastic, with dire impacts on wildlife, ecosystems, and human health. Could a landmark global ...

A 2016 report by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation claimed that by 2050 there would be 850 tons of plastic in the oceans and ...

In a world filled with plastic waste, teaching kids how to make a difference starts at home. This collection of simple, ...

The truth is that plastic waste is choking our planet. It’s polluting the air, water, and soil that people and wildlife ...

Documenting the garbage along New Jersey beaches helps state lawmakers make policy decisions on plastic pollution, says this ...

The results show plastic pollution "remains a huge problem for our marine environment", the charity said. During MCS beach cleans, volunteers go through stretches of beach picking up items of ...

But if some of it does end up in the ocean, it will be far less harmful, and possibly even beneficial, compared to current plastic waste. A paper describing the research was published in the ...