Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...

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 ...

Quantifying the dangers of plastic pollution in the seas and nature, a team of researchers in a new study estimates ...

Today, the Honourable Julie Dabrusin, Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, announced nearly $2.4 million in research funding to help deepen our understanding of the social, cultural ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Garbage, mostly plastic, collected en route to Mt. Everest is piled before it is sorted for recycling in Kathmandu, Nepal. (Sanjog ...

Long before plastic existed, forests were already pulling pollution out of the air. Their canopies trap windborne particles and funnel them to the ground. This process is what scientists call the ...

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a Korean solar billionaire and The Ocean Cleanup’s Boyen Slat on trash ...

Plastics and the long-lasting chemicals they're made of are accumulating in our oceans, leaching into our farm fields and piling up in landfills. Plastic is floating ...

Even everyday things we do can have an unexpected effect on our blood pressure. But can drinking from plastic water bottles have that kind of effect as well?