Climate change conditions turn plastics into more mobile, persistent, and hazardous pollutants. This is done by speeding up ...

Of the numerous anthropogenic pressures that are being exerted on ecosystems globally, plastic pollution and climate change are potentially the most ...

A new study highlights how a combination of environmental stressors -- namely plastic pollution and seawater flooding -- can increase the threats faced by plants in some of the planet's critical ...

Global plastic pollution will hit 280 million metric tonnes per year by 2040, or a dump truck's worth every second ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics, along with their additives, find their way into humans when we eat, drink, inhale, or touch ...

Plastic pollution is worse because of global warming, with killer whales and sharks most vulnerable, new research warns.

For years, plastic has been building up in the ocean in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Now, according to Treehugger, scientists have identified another worrying impact: The garbage is carrying ...

We breathe, eat and drink tiny particles of plastic. But are these minuscule specks in the body harmless, dangerous or somewhere in between? A small study published Wednesday in the New England ...

Michelle Sigler, graduate of the Advanced Inquiry Program at Chicago Zoological Society–Brookfield Zoo, addresses the effects of plastic pollution on aquatic wildlife and describes several cutting ...

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