(CBS DETROIT) - A sculpture debuting at burning man festival this year has made its way to Downtown Detroit. "The Last Ocean" is featured at Beacon Park until Monday, September 26th. Artist Jen Lewin ...

Instead of focusing solely on ramping up recycling, the Plastic Pollution Producer Responsibility Act would require companies to cut the amount of plastic in their packaging—and nudge them toward ...

Our oceans have been experiencing a plastic crisis for decades. We have now reached a pivotal moment in ocean pollution, ...

Ocean plastic kills sea creatures. For the first time, researchers examined data to find out how much it takes. The answer: ...

New science has taken a deep dive into plastic waste, providing the first estimate of how much ends up on the sea floor. New research from CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, and the ...

A fungus living in the sea can break down the plastic polyethylene, provided it has first been exposed to UV radiation from sunlight. Researchers expect that many more plastic degrading fungi are ...

Editor’s note: This piece is part of a series of guest opinions from Crestview Elementary School 5th graders. Each piece was submitted with permission from the author’s parents. In the middle of the ...

A new global alliance supports a community-investment project called Renew Oceans as part of its commitment to reduce plastic waste in the environment. Ten rivers transport more than 90% of ...

There are massive "islands" of plastic swirling around our oceans at the moment, the biggest of which is the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Yet, researchers have now revealed that there are millions ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. Increasingly, researchers have been finding tiny microplastic fragments ...