Plastic Pollution

A lot of people worry about microplastics and plastic pollution, but not as many of us are aware of the large number of chemicals we encounter in plastic products that we use every day. Researchers know of more than 4,000 chemicals that are currently used in…

Oceans have become sinks for vast quantities of anthropogenic debris — the human-created litter we dispose of. This debris has been a growing concern for decades and is one of the most widespread sources of pollution threatening the world’s oceans, from the A…

Around 8.8 million tons of plastic accumulate in the oceans each year, but only about 270,000 tons are believed to be floating on the ocean's surface. For years, most scientists have thought that the "missing" plastic quickly degrades after entering the oc…

Using Brooklyn’s Floyd Bennett Field (located on Jamaica Bay) as his source, Barry Rosenthal collects plastic pollution from the water and photographs itoftentimes in monochrome or artful arrangementsto showcase just how much we waste. Every time he sets out …

Shed prints plastic pollution on walls to highlight the problem of ocean waste

Climate change may be messing with corals ability to reproduce, threatening them with extinction, according to a new study. Published in Science Thursday, the new paper sheds light on the ways climate change may be disrupting coral spawning, an extraordinary…

In the mid-1950s, domesticated cats in Minamata, Japan mysteriously began to convulse and fall into the bay. The people of Minamata took on similar symptoms shortly after, losing their ability to speak, move, and think. Chisso Corp., a Japanese chemical comp…

When a package from Amazon arrives at your doorstep, it’s hard not to be a little shocked by the amount of packaging involved in getting those extra-strength Odor-Eaters and Doritos Jacked to your front door. While not having to face the store clerk with your…

Spotted: Together, Australian designers Tom Whitty, Alex Wadelton and photographer Stu Morley have launched the Future Landfill campaign to protest against the endorsement of plastic toys. The campaign was prompted after a popular Australian supermarket chain…

It’s not product placement. It’s not sponsored content. It’s prestige television.Activate, a six-part documentary series that premieres Thursday on National Geographic Channel, features celebrities such as music producer Pharrell Williams, rapper Common, and …