With tailored, evidence-based policies, the U.S. can relieve the burden on local and municipal governments, communities, and ...

Mangroves protect coasts and wildlife, but plastic waste now builds up inside roots, harming ecosystems and communities.

Plastic pollution is ubiquitous and there is growing concern about its consequences. Given that current research findings often reach the public insufficiently, the issue should be addressed at school ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every ...

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will establish a Roundtable on Plastics that will provide a forum for examining issues associated with national efforts to reduce plastic ...

The world currently produces more than 50 million tonnes of “mismanaged” plastic waste each year, and some researchers project this flood of pollution into the environment will double by mid-century.

I was a junior in high school when the first World Environment Day (WED) was celebrated in 1972. Marked annually on June 5, it was established by the United Nations General Assembly and over the past ...

The surging tide of microplastics is already an environmental and health threat, but as the world heats up — driving increasingly extreme weather — it’s transforming them into “more mobile, persistent ...

Scientists discovered massive microplastics forming plastic clouds over Chinese cities, raising concerns about human health, ...

Some of China's greatest cities are enveloped in air that contains more than dust and fumes. According to new research, ...