A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

Prolonged exposure to microplastics can disrupt vital physiological processes in gorgonians, such as respiration. Although ...

Tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are showing up everywhere, even in the water in clouds, rain, and snow—and they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study shows plastic pollution threatens ocean life in complex and often hidden ways. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Discover the urgent environmental problem of ocean plastic pollution in this insightful video. Starting with scientific ...

Plastic bags tangled in trees. Takeout containers scattered along roadsides. Bottles clogging streams and waterways and washing up on beaches. Across the United States, plastic waste and pollution ...

More than a month after they poured from a semi-trailer on a west Michigan highway, little bits of white plastic appeared to ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World ...

JOURNALISTS in Mwanza Region have been urged to produce impactful environmental stories to raise public awareness about the effects of plastic waste in Lake Victoria.The call was made by Director of a ...