Cornwall’s beaches still look beautiful from a distance. But walk the tideline after a storm, or look closely at the wrack ...

Takeaway coffee cups have a substantial impact on the environment. Sustainable cup company KeepCup offers an online calculator where drinkers can see the impact of using disposable cups in terms of ...

Heavy industries such as aviation and chemical manufacturing contribute to about 20% of overall U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and will continue to depend on fossil fuels. While scientists are ...

Plastic pollution is one of those problems everyone can see, yet few know how to tackle it effectively. I grew up walking the ...

The development hasn’t been straightforward. Early versions of the algorithm struggled with shadows and confused driftwood ...

In what could be a fix to the world’s plastic problem, researchers have developed a simple new method of harnessing moisture ...

Plastic is literally everywhere: It shows up in the ocean, in our communities, even in the human body. And because plastics can break down into microplastics — and even nanoplastics — it easily ...

When the Center for Climate Integrity released its report about plastic recycling, one might have expected the environmentalist non-profit to encourage the practice. Anyone raised in the late-20th and ...