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

Leaders from around the world have gathered in Busan, South Korea this week in hopes of finally striking a global treaty to reduce the world’s growing level of plastic pollution. Negotiations ...

Ship plumes are regions that might indicate a global relevance for this work beyond megacities as they provide a 'perfect' combination of concentrated pollution from the ship's exhaust and sea ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution ... regulate plastics as a pollutant under the Clean Water Act and will keep pushing for plastic ...

(AP Photo/Sam Mednick) PARIS (AFP) — Water scarcity could affect 3 billion more people than previously expected by midcentury, with increased pollution rendering river sources "unsafe" for humans and ...

Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea have found the oldest known evidence of lead pollution in the environment dating to around 5,200 years ago.

When there’s too much chlorophyll in the water, it’s usually a sign of excess algal blooms. Algae feeds on the nutrient pollution siphoned into the bay during hurricanes — and too much of it ...

Vote for a strong global treaty on plastic pollution Plastic pollution is suffocating our rivers and ocean, killing wildlife and contaminating our food, air and water. Without immediate ... 50% of ...