While MPs have already been detected in human reproductive systems, the study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Eloy Martin, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by ...

Microplastics range from about the width of a bacterium to several millimeters across. Nanoplastics are smaller still. These ...

Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps ...

The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...

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They’re wasteful and impersonal—and tend to deprive children of the joy of thoughtful giving.

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Parched soil crunched under Jessica Rogers’ boots as she crossed the empty lot overlooking Palisades’ Stadium By the Sea. She sprayed her hose towards a cluster of leafy bushes growing at the base of ...

Tucked away on Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Metairie sits a blue-roofed wonderland that has Louisiana locals whispering secrets to each other across gumbo pots and dinner tables throughout the state ...

A new study reveals that microplastics are impairing the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process scientists find ...

Residents of coastal villages began arriving in waves of their own. Some carried plastic buckets, others old cloth bags, a ...