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A small piece of plastic — no larger than a baseball — can be enough to kill an adult Florida manatee, according to new findings from Ocean Conservancy. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A sweeping global study shows plastic pollution threatens ocean life in complex and often hidden ways. (CREDIT: Shutterstock) ...

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too. A sweeping new UC Santa Barbara-led study spanning four continents and eight countries has amassed one ...

The breakthrough offers a promising new approach to reducing plastic pollution through photocatalysis, a metabolic pathway ...

Researchers also called for long-term studies. Researchers make first-of-its-kind discovery about particles in city air: 'Important … to set limits' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Along the final stretch of the Seyhan River, in southern Türkiye, plastic bits in various colors dot the water and sediment. When the river bends, shredded plastic, degraded by the elements, forms ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Oct. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Amidst the escalating global plastic pollution crisis, Cause Water, a pure mountain spring water produced by Golden Grail Beverages (OTC: GOGY) ...

A last round of negotiations on a legally binding treaty to address the global scourge of plastic pollution has opened in Busan, South Korea. Here’s what to know about it: National delegations still ...

As world leaders work on the first treaty to end plastic pollution, Erie seems to be on a different planet. The U.S. changed its position on the United Nations' first global plastics treaty in August ...

If your bathtub is leaking and water is everywhere, do you start mopping the floor or do you first turn off the tap?” That’s the question Toronto-born “artivist” Benjamin Von Wong poses through his ...

Plastic waste has quietly reshaped the oceans you depend on, and a new global study from Tulane University shows the danger runs deeper than floating bottles and bags. Scientists have now mapped where ...