Plastics are undeniably useful materials that have found their way into virtually all human activities. However, with yearly global plastic production exceeding 400 million tons, the environmental ...

The Reed Foundation has donated £10,000 to The Final Straw Foundation – a charity, based in Emsworth, Hampshire, that undertakes beach cleans across the south coast and works to maintain ocean health.

The gravity of pollution caused by plastics is more than meets the eye. Wild animals often end up eating these plastics, Prof Abdullah Harun Chowdhury says ...

The pristine isolation of Trindade Island, located in the South Atlantic and reachable only by a three- to four-day boat ...

They're looking at plastic pollution, concerned, after a 2019 WWF study showed people consume roughly 5 grams, or the equivalent of a credit card, in microplastics weekly.

By editing the polymers of discarded plastics, chemists have found a way to generate new macromolecules with more valuable properties than those of the starting material. Upcycling may help remedy the ...

In their latest sampling report in 2024, the Environmental Management Bureau shared that the water quality of the river ...

The Amazonian city of Belém, Brazil, will be the global focus of efforts to tackle the climate crisis in November 2025, when ...

Once considered remote and pristine, the Arctic is now succumbing to a tide of plastic. In Norway, a monumental effort is underway to curb its spread.

MontemayorAsha de VosCinda P. ScottJosheena NaggeaJuan José AlavaOlivia MillowayRita Maria el Zaghloul 1. Long-awaited ...

In a retaliatory lawsuit, Exxon says claims against it are motivated by “sordid for-profit incentives and outright greed.” ...

Lake Naivasha, northwest of Nairobi, Kenya is becoming increasingly unnavigable. Water hyacinth, the world’s most widespread invasive species, is blanketing the lake, choking its fish and leaving ...