The Hidden Crisis of Microplastics will be held Thursday, January 29, at the Hyatt Regency Chesapeake Bay in Cambridge. The ...

Dangerous concentrations of algae such as "red tides" have been consistently emerging in locations around the world. A region in Southern Australia is experiencing a nine-month toxic algae bloom that ...

A feature-length documentary screening in Athens on Tuesday, Aug. 26, will explore water contamination in the Great Lakes region and include a post-film screening discussion with locals who will talk ...

The European Union has approved a phased ban on wrapping luggage in plastic stretch film at airports, aiming to curb single-use plastic waste, with a full ban set to take effect in 2028.

Philanthropist Ed Freedman of Stable Road Foundation joined an all-star cast of Hawaiian athletes, scientists, and celebrities—including his friends Woody Harrelson and Laura Louie—for the successful ...

Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up plastic breakdown into microplastics—microscopic fragments of ...

Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a simple model to show how buoyant plastic can settle through the water column ...

Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the ...

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 ...