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Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...

A team of University of Maryland researchers says it may be on the verge of solving one of the world's biggest environmental ...

Russian scientists have proposed a new way to detect plastic debris hidden under the surface of the ocean. The method is ...

The western coast of Java in Indonesia is popular with surfers for its world-famous breaks. There’s a majestic underwater world to explore, too. But it’s impossible to surf or snorkel without running ...

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President Trump would have us believe he’s struck a blow for middle America by banning weak showers, multiple toilet flushes and soggy straws, rescinding a 33-year-old federal requirement for ...

Picture a pile of trash the size of Manhattan and taller than one and a half Empire State Buildings. That's how much plastic ...

Products made from plastic have become a critical problem, polluting bodies of water worldwide. Plastics in oceans have become so ubiquitous that a term was coined — ocean-bound plastic — to describe ...

In Hawaii, researchers are literally paving the roads with good intentions. They have come up with an innovative method for putting the island’s plastic pollution to work, covering its roads with ...

Microplastics are everywhere, including in bottled water, table salt, and fresh fruits. Here's how microplastics get into ...