Learn more about the marine fungi that could be conditioned to help clean up Hawai’i’s beaches.

President Trump delights in alarming opponents and aiding friends in polluting industries By Keith Schneider, Circle of Blue ...

Straws might seem insignificant, inspiring jokes about the plastic vs. paper debate, but the plastic straw has come to ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

More than 390 million plastic straws are used every day in the United States, most for 30 minutes or less, according to ...

A viral turtle video sparked a global movement and inspired millions to join the fight against plastic waste. View on ...

Plastic Beach, an Encinitas-based nonprofit, is tackling a major environmental challenge: soft plastic pollution.

A 1-square-meter plastic sheet was found inside a dead leatherback sea turtle on a beach in Fukui Prefecture ... a scientific paper published in Marine Pollution Bulletin, a British journal ...

Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean.

Ruling out the possibility of mineral pollution ... points on the beach where sewage flows directly into the sea. Sometimes, the water turns black as it contains silt and plastic.