A mysterious teal blue plastic bottle is nestled in the cattails and spatterdock plants of Dyke Marsh. The 28-ounce, blender-type bottle, with a Global Position System (GPS) tracking device inside, ...

Researchers are warning of a new blight on the ocean: a swirl of confetti-like plastic debris stretching over thousands of square miles in a remote expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. The floating garbage ...

Although plastic has long been considered indestructible, some scientists say toxic chemicals from decomposing plastics may be leaching into the sea and harming marine ecosystems. Contrary to the ...

The recent headlines around the missing Malaysia Airlines jet caught my eye and not necessarily for the mystery of locating the plane, but for the ocean debris that has been throwing off search crews ...

Texel, 11 January 2023 - UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces. Floating microplastic is broken down into ever smaller, invisible nanoplastic particles that spread ...

After growing up in Ireland, Noreen Hill-Olszewski was surprised to find how comparatively little recycling was happening in the United States. “We’re used to separating our trash, our different types ...

People on beaches during the summer will surely notice a high level of plastic waste, some of which is going to be swept out on the next tide — fragments of fishing gear, straws, shopping bags, ...

On the occasion of World Environment Day, it is vital to focus on the challenge posed by plastic and how to combat it The United Nations declared 2011 as the International Year of Chemistry (IYC) to ...

Is there a less appetizing phrase than “plastic soup”? (Don’t answer that.) The New York Times Green blog reports on what happens to plastic in the oceans — it turns into a soup of seawater and ...

"First published in 2018 by Uitgeverij Lias in the Dutch language"--Title page verso NHMAIN copy Purchased with Adopt-a-Book funds. Plastics have transformed every aspect of our lives. Yet the very ...