The Women & Wind project was undertaken to raise awareness of plastic in the ocean but it's way more than just an environmental story ...

A global research team led by researchers from the University of Kentucky Martin-Gatton College of Agriculture, Food and ...

The Global anti-plastic pollution expedition called Plastic Odyssey is docking in Cape Town from 8 to 22 December 2025, ...

Researchers have discovered that microplastics floating in rivers, lakes, and oceans continuously leak a complex mixture of dissolved organic ...

In this Q&A, Kevin Kelly hares what it took to get here and why he sees PCR as both a critical environmental solution and a ...

In the heart of Antarctica, an ecological alarm is sounding. The Antarctic midge, Belgica antarctica, has been discovered ingesting microplastics, a sign that ...

New research tallies the hidden health, environmental and economic impacts of litter — and why upstream fixes matter.

New study uncovers the step-by-step molecular changes that occur as plastics leak dissolved organic matter under sunlight, ...

Glitter is classified as a primary microplastic, intentionally produced at a tiny scale of usually less than 5mm. Particles consist of a thin layer of plastic—typically Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET ...