Plastic pollution may be quietly fueling algal blooms by knocking out the grazers that usually keep algae under control.

“Our results indicate that microplastics may tip the balance of conditions in favor of algal blooms,” the authors conclude in their study. “These results collectively illustrate that microplastics, ...

"Much more ambitious action from governments and industry transparency is needed." Experts sound alarm over ominous side ...

New research shows petroleum-based microplastics can worsen harmful algal blooms by killing zooplankton that normally keep ...

Despite recycling efforts, most plastic still ends up in landfills, where it takes centuries to decompose and leaches ...

A new review published in Frontiers in Science is calling for urgent action to avoid irreversible ecological damage by stemming the tide of microplastics entering the environment. Climate change ...

From hormones to heart health, The Lancet warns plastic exposure could double disease risk by 2040, threatening public health worldwide without urgent action.

"Can contribute to the disruption of many physiological processes." New study uncovers disturbing side effects of drinking ...

The effects of plastic on the three planetary crises of climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental pollution: scientific knowledge is still patchy and unevenly distributed. The United Nations ...

Plastic pollution is not just in oceans and soil. Scientists have now found enormous amounts of microscopic plastic floating through urban air, far exceeding earlier estimates. Road dust and rainfall ...

A Lancet study warns plastics emissions could more than double health risks by 2040, driving global warming, air pollution, ...

Five large patches of trash swirling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans serve as a crushing reminder that the ocean bears the brunt of the plastic pollution crisis, with more than 11 million ...