Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps ...

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 ...

GILBERT, Ariz.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Footprint, a global materials science technology company focused on creating a healthy planet, today released the results of a multi-country research study examining ...

A new review published in Frontiers in Science is calling for urgent action to avoid irreversible ecological damage by stemming the tide of microplastics entering the environment. Climate change ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

Plastic production is a massive source of greenhouse-gas emissions. I remember using a princess toothbrush when I was little. The handle was purple, teal, and sparkly. Like most of the other pieces of ...

A recent study reveals a strong connection between three fossil fuel-based industries — oil and gas, plastics, and agrichemicals — and their use of social media to deny climate change and delay ...

WASHINGTON, DC – President Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk are pushing back against federal efforts to curb plastic use, reigniting the debate over how best to address climate change and ...

It was the images of plastic waste clogging rivers, covering shorelines and killing marine wildlife that helped to galvanize world leaders three years ago to start work on a global treaty to reduce ...