Plastic pollution is a major issue in coastal cities such as Hong Kong. Credit: Stefan Irvine/LightRocket via Getty Images For a seabird, it can be tough to tell the difference between a squid snack ...

Quantifying the dangers of plastic pollution in the seas and nature, a team of researchers in a new study estimates ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new study of salt water's effects on plastic showed that the toxic material could be poisoning seabirds' stomachs. In a ...

Lord Howe Island, off the East coast of the Australian mainland, offers a world-renowned sanctuary known for its unique ecosystem and its rich biodiversity. The region boasts the planet's southernmost ...

A new study looking at the impacts of plastic ingestion by seabirds, sea turtles and marine mammals found that relatively small amounts of consumed plastic can be deadly. The research analyzed the ...

The current rate of birds found to have plastic embedded in their guts means that by 2050, according to research estimates, every seabird on the planet will have consumed waste plastic fragments. This ...

The Mediterranean and Black seas are among the most dangerous areas for threatened seabirds where they are at the greatest risk of ingesting or being entangled in plastic pollution, research suggests.

On a remote Australian island renowned for its natural beauty, researchers have made a grisly discovery: Seabirds have ingested so much plastic they crunch when touched. The “harrowing” finding of ...

Plastic pollution has become one of the most pressing environmental issues, thanks to the overwhelming rise in production of disposable plastic products. Plastic pollution is most visible in ...

A study published in ScienceAdviser investigated the physiological effects of plastic ingestion in seabird chicks, specifically the sable shearwater (Ardenna carneipes), using data-independent ...

The ocean works quietly every day to protect life on Earth. It absorbs heat from the atmosphere, stores massive amounts of carbon dioxide and produces much of the oxygen humans breathe.

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The ocean, vast and seemingly infinite, has been humanity's dumping ...