“People often assume that plastic in the ocean just sinks or disappears. But our model shows that most large, buoyant ...

The study, led by Keiko Wilkins, a recent PhD graduate from UH Mānoa’s Marine Biology Graduate Program, found that chemicals released from plastics disrupt two critical processes essential for reef ...

You might not notice nurdles on the beach at first, but once you spot one, you start to see them everywhere, Jace Tunnell ...

The team uses seawater and delicate mesh filters to painstakingly separate the buoyant plastic by hand. The goal is to ...

With plastics breaking down into microscopic particles that enter the food chain, researchers are investigating how they may ...

Two of the planet’s more pressing environmental stressors have the potential to alter the growth and reproductive output of plants found right along the world’s coastlines, a new study suggests. The ...

A University of Hawai'i at Mānoa graduate's new research reveals that plastic pollution poses a significant, unseen threat to endangered coral reefs. The study found that chemicals leaching from ...

BOSTON — Will industry finally be held accountable for the harmful health effects of plastic pollution? Quite possibly, according to various speakers at a press conference held at ENDO 2024: The ...

High levels of plastic pollution can kill the embryos of a wide range of ocean animals, new research shows. Scientists tested the effects of new PVC pellets (pre-production “nurdles” used to make many ...

Yet, as is so often the case, California’s attempt at addressing the problem only made it worse. The 2014 ban prohibited ...