Coral reefs trap microplastics due to their mucus. Researchers confirmed that coral mucus acts as an adhesive.

US President Donald Trump reversed a target set by his predecessor Joe Biden to eliminate plastic straws across government ...

which describes how around 70 percent of plastic pollution known to have entered the ocean is apparently nowhere to be seen.

Plastic pollution in the world's oceans are threatening the already endangered coral reefs with disease, a new study has warned. More than 11 billion plastics are currently putting coral reefs ...

The study by ocean health initiative Back to Blue reveals the concerning gaps in ocean literacy levels among 18–24-year-olds ...

You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

Global Production Every year, the world produces a staggering 400 million tons of plastic. This sheer volume of production is ...

At current rates plastic is expected to outweigh all the fish in the sea by 2050. Plastics pollution has a direct and deadly effect on wildlife. Thousands of seabirds and sea turtles, seals and other ...

Straws might seem insignificant, but the plastic straw has come to symbolize a global pollution crisis over the past decade.

A rising tide of plastic waste is choking our oceans, threatening fragile ecosystems and killing sea life. While plastic has revolutionised our way of life since it was invented in the 1950s, the ...