In the entire world’s oceans, it is estimated that there are around 3 million tonnes of floating plastic pollution — excluding nanoplastics.

How communities are battling plastic pollution, turning trash to cash Though a global crisis, communities across Nigeria are rising to the existential threat of plastic pollution.

Signs of plastic pollution in the form of tiny particles known as microplastics. The ocean is also polluted with plastic, and the issue may be even more extensive than previously thought.

The oceans may contain much, much more plastic than previously thought A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Slathering on sunscreen could have an invisible and until now unknown side-effect - it clings to plastic in the sea and makes plastic pollution even worse.

There are massive "islands" of plastic swirling around our oceans at the moment, the biggest of which is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Yet, researchers have now revealed that there are millions ...

A landmark field study reveals widespread pollution of the Atlantic Ocean by nanoscale plastic debris — raising questions about the risk to marine ecosystems.

A new study reveals an alarming number of mechanisms throughout the life-cycle of plastic that could enhance or spread antimicrobial resistance.

For years, scientists have struggled to solve the "plastic paradox"—the mystery of millions of tons of missing plastic.

AWS has announced a partnership with The Ocean Cleanup, as the pair outline an ambitious objective when it comes to ocean plastic.

Millions of tons of plastic in the ocean aren't floating in plain sight—they're invisible. Scientists have now confirmed that the most abundant form of plastic in the Atlantic is in ...

In the entire world’s oceans, it is estimated 2 that there are around 3 million tonnes of floating plastic pollution — excluding nanoplastics.