Scientists discovered that bacteria commonly found in wastewater can break down plastic to turn it into a food source, a finding that researchers hope could be a promising answer to combat one of ...

Wintering gulls at a protected lake in southern Spain are depositing an estimated 530 kg of plastic into the wetland each ...

Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific evidence, we see how microplastics permeate every sample of beach sand across ...

Hungry gulls do not only steal our chips and sandwiches. They learn our habits, and look for reliable sources of food. That includes waste treatment centers, landfill or anywhere food waste is ...

Nick Beckage, a graduate researcher, Davin Louangaphay, a research assistant, and Philippe Amstislavski, a professor of health sciences, stand among spruce trees on the University of Alaska Anchorage ...

A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the next 15 years — the equivalent of dumping nearly a garbage truck full of ...

Plastic is one of the most durable materials humans have ever made. That durability has made it indispensable in medicine, ...

KTLA’s new ocean conservation series ‘Saving Our Seas’ dives into one of the largest and most worrisome issues facing our planet… the plastic problem. It’s a compounding catastrophe that has already ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

The data is building that plastics have the potential to adversely impact human health,” says Linda S. Birnbaum, a toxicologist and the former director of the National Institute of Environmental ...

Even though they bear little responsibility for the current state of the world's environment, young people have been taking the initiative in tackling problems from rising global temperatures to ...

Plastics are woven into every aspect of our lives, but what was once the poster child for convenience is fast becoming a pariah product. The era of single-use plastic must end; banning it is the only ...