Plastic

Microbes tear up plastic into teeny tiny pieces that are even more dangerous to ecosystems

Good news: the world is discussing a treaty to stem plastic pollution. Bad news: fossil-fuel interests are trying to weaken it

In the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, plastic creates strange communities that bring coastal and open-ocean animals together

The coating deters microorganisms to fight both food waste and foodborne illness

Identifying the gut microbes in plastic-munching beetle larvae illuminates bacteria that could help degrade plastic waste

The U.N. passed a resolution yesterday to develop a global treaty to control plastic waste

Truly global participation in the process will create more than just a Paris Agreement for plastics

Like other aerosols, these tiny particles scatter and absorb sunlight, influencing Earth’s temperature

A new technique lets 3D printers create objects made of glass, which has optical and material advantages over traditional polymer.

This video was reproduced with permission and was first published on April 19, 2017. It is a Nature Video production.

Credit: Wikimedia Commons Overfishing and pollution have pushed life in the high seas to the brink of collapse, according to a new report from the Global Ocean Commission.

With an estimated 70 oil spills every day in the U.S. and tons of plastic garbage littering our oceans, humans could really use some help cleaning up.

Dissolvable plastic could provide an answer to the problem of bagging and storing all used plastic products at sea.