A new model reveals that plastics dumped today will haunt the oceans for more than a century, fueling a relentless tide of microplastic pollution. Image Credit: Parilov/Shutterstock.com The study was ...

A Lancet Planetary Health study warns that emissions from the global plastics system could double health risks by 2040, driven by greenhouse gases, air pollution and toxic chemicals.

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 ...

How plastic sinks to the deep sea — over time, sunlight and waves break large plastic items into tiny fragments that stick to marine snow. These particles gradually sink through the ocean, carrying ...

Health damage caused by plastics could more than double by 2040, a Lancet Planetary Health study warns. Researchers link ...

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

More than just an environmental issue, plastic pollution is increasingly being recognized as a public health threat. As plastics degrade into microplastics and leach harmful chemicals, they enter the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Floating plastic remains on the surface for many decades, scientists found. (the_burtons via Getty Images) Even if plastic ...

As final global plastics treaty negotiations take place in Geneva, The Lancet elevates plastic pollution as a grave, global threat to human health. “To those meeting in Geneva: Please take up the ...

The world is drowning in plastic. Each year, an estimated 11 million metric tonnes of plastic waste enters our oceans — a figure expected to triple by 2040. Rivers act as plastic conveyor belts, ...