Plastic is the most prevalent marine pollutant, and plastic surfaces are the fastest growing habitat in the ocean. Researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa have recently discovered that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An astonishing marine fungus eating away at debris in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is providing hope as a natural solution to a ...

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 ...

People look through plastic and other debris washed ashore at a beach on Indonesia's resort island of Bali - Copyright AFP SONNY TUMBELAKA People look through plastic ...

Biodegradable plastics could help alleviate the plastic waste crisis that is polluting the environment and harming our health. But how long plastics take to degrade and how environmental bacteria work ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: Scientists say this newly-isolated fungus is showing promising results in breaking down polypropylene. And that could make ...

The vast and mysterious depths of our oceans hold an unexpected beacon of hope in the face of the growing plastic pollution crisis. A unique breed of deep-sea bacteria has been discovered, capable of ...

Straws are one of the most commonly found sources of marine litter. Researchers say we lack a firm understanding of how long plastics last in the ocean, but that science supports moving away from ...

Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles afloat in the world’s oceans. This highlights how urgently we need to develop ...