The photos “give science a visual voice,” she says, conveying plastic’s impact on the natural environment in a way that scientific research papers can’t. Barker feels in her gut the ...

Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current ... across the United States to turn fracked gas into ...

Many of the policies to curb plastic pollution in the US, such as plastic bag bans, have been implemented at the state and local level anyway, he said.

This story is part of Planet or Plastic?—our multiyear effort to raise awareness about the global plastic waste crisis. Learn what you can do to reduce your own single-use plastics. Read this ...

Acting as a sad symbol of this intensifying mess is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, an ocean current in which ... s Lord Howe Island now has plastic in its stomach. In addition to the deeply ...

Billions of pounds of plastic can be found in swirling convergences that make up about 40 percent of the world's ocean surfaces. At current ... across the United States to turn fracked gas into ...