Some 170 trillion pieces of plastic are floating on the planet’s oceans — and scientists revealed for the first time that it could take more than century for them sink or disappear, even if we stopped ...

Even if plastic pollution stopped entirely today, floating plastic would remain on the surface of the sea for 100 years, according to a new study. Scientists have long been puzzled by the fact that so ...

Negotiators will take another stab at reaching a global pact on plastic pollution at talks opening Tuesday in Geneva but they face deep divisions over how to tackle the health and ecological hazard.

Plastic accumulating in our oceans and on our beaches has become a global crisis. Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean ...

This Thursday marks World Environment Day, an annual awareness day born out of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). It’s the largest global platform for environmental outreach, and this ...

A recent blog from the Natural Resources Defense Council's ocean expert Leila Monroe includes a video shot by Santa Monica High School teacher Benjamin Kay following the "second flush" of rain in ...