A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine analyzed artery-clogging plaques from over 250 patients and found ...

The researchers analysed 100 placentas from full-term births (37.2 weeks, on average) and 75 from preterm births (34 weeks) for the study.

Its findings are based on almost 30 samples taken across the Atlantic Ocean, enabling scientists to examine variations in micro-plastic concentration and types within the upper ocean, both on the ...

It’s one of nature’s healthiest wild foods, the backbone of a major industry in the Pacific Northwest and deeply embedded...

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...

In an interview, Ocean Conservancy’s associate director for oceans plastics research, Dr. Britta Baechler said because of their size, microplastics are prevelent in the entire marine eco-system.

You see photos of plastic pollution in the ocean, but it can be hard to connect that to the plastic you're buying and using every day. Here are three ways the plastic you throw away can end up in the ...

but unfortunately our used plastic is getting into the ocean. It can end up causing all sorts of problems for sea life and marine mammals. But how does our plastic waste end up littering the ocean?

Speaking to Yahoo News Australia, Blewitt, of the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP), warned that with high ...