Microplastic pollution has contaminated virtually every part of the globe, and it's even turning up in breath samples taken from dolphins. A new study published in the journal PLOS One found that ...

Pollution is one of the biggest problems facing planet Earth, a consequence of poor practices and decisions made by humankind ...

A short-finned pilot whale died after consuming nearly a kilogram of plastic waste, including grocery bags and plastic containers, in the waters off Pangasinan, Philippines, reported the Cebu Daily ...

Scientists in Madeira study the impacts of plastics on whales and dolphins. Far out in the eastern Atlantic, the Portuguese island of Madeira rises from the depths of the open ocean. Despite its ...

A dolphin in North Carolina died after ingesting a plastic bag. A necropsy found no food in its stomach, only a knotted plastic bag. Experts urge people to reduce plastic use to protect marine life.

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...

A coalition of environmental groups and state lawmakers on Tuesday called on Gov. Gavin Newsom to put in place tougher rules to reduce plastic pollution in the oceans and across California’s landscape ...

Community-led research from UCSB’s Benioff Ocean Science Laboratory spans three years, four continents and eight countries to reveal the scale of river plastic waste and offer solutions to stop it at ...