Researchers found marine fungi capable of breaking down plastic. They tested fungi from Hawai‘i’s nearshore waters.

Researchers are training ‘mighty’ marine fungi to quickly eat polyurethane, one of our most common plastics. In a world that ...

Feb. 19, 2025 — An improvement in freshwater biodiversity in England's rivers was linked to reductions in pollution of zinc and copper, largely due to the decline of coal burning and heavy ...

The sheer volume of plastic material usage in Egypt is terrifying, but what's even scarier is that that the government's ...

Ropes and equipment used in fishing and aquaculture are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and litter along the ...

Plastic pollution backgrounder - Links to UN organizations, documents, publications, speeches and statements, UN conferences and observances ...

controlling coastal pollution, and expanding marine protected areas. The study is the first comprehensive examination of the impacts of ocean pollution on human health. It was published in the online ...