For the last few months, white blobs have been found up and down the beaches of the province on Canada’s east coast.

At a time when synthetic plastic has polluted nearly every corner of the globe and appeared in food and in the human body, ...

Drive along the French Broad River from Asheville to Marshall, or even farther, and you’ll quickly notice a recurring sight ...

The set includes several designs, all in festive green, red and white. In keeping with the color-changing theme, this ...

Richard White, the founder-CEO of Australia's biggest ASX-listed tech company, WiseTech, is stepping down after 30 years in the role. WiseTech's global board said Mr White's departure was ...

I was traveling from northeast Queenstown, and during my hourlong drive, I passed snow-covered mountains and icy lakes. As I reached Cross Hill, the top of a white dome could be seen through trees.

Researchers from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have discovered that CDA is the fastest degrading type of plastic in seawater – technically classified as a bioplastic – and with ...

Not only do we think of cats as liquid objects, they smugly seem to know it too. Science has now effectively proven it: when faced with a series of progressively smaller openings, cats are able to ...

New research has detected high levels of flame retardants in some toys, kitchen utensils and other household items made from recycled black plastic. But the potential health effects remain unclear.

Since dolphins and humans inhale similar plastic particles, dolphins may be at risk for the same lung problems. As top predators with decades-long life spans, bottlenose dolphins help scientists ...

By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked. In clouds. On Mount Everest. In Arctic snow. Now, for the first time, tiny plastic particles have been ...

Final negotiations for the first-ever United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are due to take place at the end of November. The latest treaty draft states two major objectives: to end plastic ...