A new durable, biodegradable plastic breaks down in seawater, offering a potential solution to microplastic pollution. This ...

Microplastics have become a pervasive source of pollution across the Earth—these tiny fragments have settled in the deep sea and on Mount Everest, stuck inside volcanic rocks, filled the guts of ...

Matereal co-founder Jacqueline Ros Amable is working to decarbonize the plastic supply chain by tapping into biobased ...

By Sharon Guynup Bottlenose dolphins leapt and torpedoed through the shallow turquoise waters off Florida’s Sarasota Bay.

In a huge step in the fight against microplastics, researchers have created a new plastic that breaks down in seawater. It ...

Following 257 patients for 34 months, the researchers found nearly 60 percent of them had measurable amounts of polyethylene ...

While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely ...

Microplastics cause clouds to form in places where they wouldn't otherwise, which is likely to have knock-on effects on the ...

Microplastics in the atmosphere may be altering weather and climate by facilitating ice formation in clouds. Penn State ...

Microplastics, phthalates, BPA and PFAS are all around us. What to know about these potentially toxic substances, how they ...

Litigation related to plastics and microplastic pollution is on the rise. Plaintiffs have brought claims under numerous ...