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 exacerbates the impacts of all planetary boundaries, including climate change, ocean acidification and biodiversity loss, a new paper shows. Ahead of the final negotiations of the ...

Explore 8 beaches around the world that reveal the devastating effects of pollution on our shorelines. See how human impact ...

A recent study reveals that microplastics have infiltrated all 40 Minnesota waterways tested, raising concerns about the ...

The Environmental Integrity Project, an anti-pollution nonprofit, released a report last week on the plastics industry, noting how the industry has benefited from government subsidies while violating ...

Hopes of securing a United Nations treaty on plastic pollution are fading after the final round of negotiations ended without ...

In 1864 Scientific American published a competition launched by a billiard-table manufacturing company: “Ten Thousand Dollars for a Substitute for Ivory.” The owners of Phelan & Collender were pleased ...

Los Angeles County filed a lawsuit Wednesday against PepsiCo and Coca-Cola for their alleged role in negative impacts on the environment and public health, saying neither company is doing enough to ...

The demand for data centers is growing faster than our ability to mitigate their skyrocketing economic and environmental ...