Pollution is one of the biggest problems facing planet Earth, a consequence of poor practices and decisions made by humankind ...
Plastic waste in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is no longer just pollution; it's a home now. Scientists have found marine ...
Candy wrappers. Balloons. Grocery bags. Every day, the equivalent of 2,000 full garbage trucks worth of plastic gets dumped in the world's oceans. Scientists have long known that plastic waste is ...
Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, where the numbers are no longer abstract and time is running out to make an ...
Plastic waste turns up in many places, sometimes piled at the edge of a road, sometimes tucked behind homes. In a growing ...