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

A new Pew model tracking 52 plastics and seven microplastic sources shows the crisis accelerating, with health and climate ...

And these costs come not just in dollars and cents but also through various health threats linked to plastics — including ...

Scientists say global warming can accelerate the spread of microplastics, which threaten the health of people, plants and ...

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The outlook is grim, but a new report lays out a path to nearly eradicate plastic packaging pollution within the next 15 ...

Despite clear evidence that plastic is clogging oceans and beaches and breaking down into microplastics that enter our bodies ...

Throwing your plastic bottles in the recycling bin may make you feel good about yourself, or ease your guilt about your ...

Scientists have long known that plastic waste is bad for marine animals. A new study quantifies how little ingested plastic it takes to be a lethal dose.

A Berkeley mathematician has designed a new, easy-to-use interactive tool to help countries reduce harmful greenhouse gases ...

We hear it more often now. Those tiny particles that scientists can't stop talking about. They're in our water, in our air, ...