Scientists from the Department of Geography and Environmental Science at Queen Mary University of London have developed a ...

The study reveals that ocean plastics will persist for over a century, emphasizing the critical need for improved waste ...

This episode visualizes the global crisis of ocean plastic pollution through detailed mapping and satellite data. We trace ...

Our new study set out to understand what happens to large pieces of floating plastic once they enter the ocean. We developed ...

Scientists predict it could take more than 100 years to remove plastic waste from the ocean's surface, according to new study ...

Tiny airborne particles known as aerosols, from biomass burning, urban pollution, and industrial emissions, can dramatically ...

EMBATTLED water companies have recorded their worst-ever environmental performance in England, with serious pollution ...

Published today in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, the study is the third and ...

Floating ocean plastics can take more than 100 years to disappear, breaking into tiny fragments that slowly sink to the seafloor.

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

Scientists found that even if all plastic dumping stopped today, floating plastics would take over 100 years to vanish.