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Scientists explore nature’s promise in combating plastic waste 08 May 2024 13:36:26 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/scientists-explore-natures-promise-in-combating-plastic-waste/ | ||
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As plastic talks wrap up in Canada, fishers in Indonesia count the costs 08 May 2024 08:14:54 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/as-plastic-talks-wrap-up-in-canada-fishers-in-indonesia-count-the-costs/ | ||
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At its fourth summit, 170 nations strive toward a global plastics treaty by 2025 07 May 2024 18:11:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/at-its-fourth-summit-170-nations-strive-toward-a-global-plastics-treaty-by-2025/ | ||
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Plastic pollution talks end & Arctic peoples return home to a ‘sink’ of plastic 07 May 2024 10:00:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/05/plastic-pollution-talks-end-arctic-people-return-home-to-a-sink-of-plastic/ | ||
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Bioplastics as toxic as regular plastics; both need regulation, say researchers 22 Apr 2024 19:57:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/04/bioplastics-as-toxic-as-regular-plastics-both-need-regulation-say-researchers/ | ||
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Pollution poses big risks to global clean water supplies, study shows 06 Mar 2024 17:23:55 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/03/pollution-poses-big-risks-to-global-clean-water-supplies-study-shows/ | ||
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VIDEO: Can bioplastics help shape a more sustainable future? | Problem Solved 30 Jan 2024 13:24:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/video-can-bioplastics-help-shape-a-more-sustainable-future-problem-solved/ | ||
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New AI model helps detect and identify microplastics in wastewater 16 Jan 2024 12:55:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/new-ai-model-helps-detect-and-identify-microplastics-in-wastewater/ | ||
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VIDEO: Unmasking the environmental impact of tires | Consumed 12 Jan 2024 15:47:16 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/environmental-impact-of-tires/ | ||
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As the world swims in plastic, some offer an answer: Ban the toxic two 02 Jan 2024 15:30:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2024/01/as-the-world-swims-in-plastic-some-offer-an-answer-ban-the-toxic-two/ | ||
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In 2023, Mongabay’s reporting fellows covered Earth amid crisis — and hope 27 Dec 2023 11:00:03 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/12/in-2023-mongabays-reporting-fellows-covered-earth-amid-crisis-and-hope/ | ||
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Russia, Saudi Arabia, Iran & petrochemical industry stall plastics treaty: Critics 22 Nov 2023 15:57:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/russia-saudi-arabia-iran-petrochemical-industry-stall-plastics-treaty-critics/ | ||
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Circular economy poised to go beyond outdated oil, gas and coal, experts say 16 Nov 2023 21:26:36 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/circular-economy-poised-to-go-beyond-outdated-oil-gas-and-coal-experts-say/ | ||
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Beyond Climate: Fossil fuels rapidly eroding Earth’s ‘safe operating space’ 15 Nov 2023 15:27:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/beyond-climate-fossil-fuels-rapidly-eroding-earths-safe-operating-space/ | ||
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Beyond climate: Oil, gas and coal are destabilizing all 9 planetary boundaries 14 Nov 2023 17:06:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/11/beyond-climate-oil-gas-and-coal-are-destabilizing-all-9-planetary-boundaries/ | ||
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Microplastics pose risk to ocean plankton, climate, other key Earth systems 09 Oct 2023 15:05:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/microplastics-pose-risk-to-ocean-plankton-climate-other-key-earth-systems/ | ||
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Up in the air: Study finds microplastics in high-altitude cloud water 05 Oct 2023 16:04:12 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/up-in-the-air-study-finds-microplastics-in-high-altitude-cloud-water/ | ||
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Rolling car tires into the global circular economy 21 Aug 2023 16:05:15 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/rolling-car-tires-into-the-global-circular-economy/ | ||
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Video: Rio de Janeiro’s defender of mangroves 09 Aug 2023 17:04:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/video-rio-de-janeiros-defender-of-mangroves/ | ||
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Plastic ‘Frankenrocks’ pose new pollution threat to coastal environment 02 Aug 2023 02:59:19 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/plastics-waste-marine-ocean-beaches-pollution-plastiglomerate-pyroplastic-plasticrust/ | ||
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The endless struggle to clean up Rio de Janeiro’s highly polluted Guanabara Bay 01 Aug 2023 00:18:21 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/08/the-endless-struggle-to-clean-up-rio-de-janeiros-highly-polluted-guanabara-bay/ | ||
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Clean me a river: Southeast Asia chokes on Mekong plastic pollution 18 Jul 2023 15:56:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/clean-me-a-river-southeast-asia-chokes-on-mekong-plastic-pollution/ | ||
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Nepal’s rhinos are eating plastic waste, study finds 30 Jun 2023 17:10:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/nepals-rhinos-eating-plastic-waste-study-finds/ | ||
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In Bangladesh, microplastic threat to frogs is also concern for rice farming 21 Jun 2023 06:05:40 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/in-bangladesh-microplastic-threat-to-frogs-is-also-concern-for-rice-farming/ | ||
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UN Paris meeting presses ahead with binding plastics treaty — U.S. resists 09 Jun 2023 15:47:14 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/un-paris-meeting-presses-ahead-with-binding-plastics-treaty-u-s-resists/ | ||
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Award-winning community group in Sumatra cleans up lake 06 Jun 2023 20:36:09 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/06/sumatra-lake-sipin-jambi-indonesia-pollution-water-kalpataru-award/ | ||
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Even in recycling, microplastics remain a persistent polluter, study shows 05 May 2023 19:56:50 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/05/even-in-recycling-microplastics-remain-a-persistent-polluter-study-shows/ | ||
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‘Plasticosis’: the new disease killing seabirds and likely many other species 09 Mar 2023 19:49:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/03/plastic-consumption-is-killing-this-seabird-and-likely-other-species-too/ | ||
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Plastic works its way up the food chain to hit fishing cats, study shows 25 Jan 2023 11:32:33 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/plastic-works-its-way-up-the-food-chain-to-hit-fishing-cats-study-shows/ | ||
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Deliberate dumping of plastic trash in the Pacific: How widespread is it? (commentary) 12 Jan 2023 19:48:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2023/01/deliberate-dumping-of-plastic-trash-in-the-pacific-how-widespread-is-it-commentary/ | ||
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Plastic pellet pollution can end through coordinated efforts, report shows 21 Dec 2022 06:10:07 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/12/plastic-pellet-pollution-can-end-through-coordinated-efforts-report-shows/ | ||
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Dhaka’s ailing sewage system threatens human and environmental health 30 Nov 2022 16:24:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/11/dhakas-ailing-sewage-system-threatens-human-and-environmental-health/ | ||
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Indonesian program pays fishers to collect plastic trash at sea 06 Oct 2022 10:57:41 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/indonesian-program-pays-fishers-to-collect-plastic-trash-at-sea/ | ||
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‘One more thing’ about plastics: They could be acidifying the ocean, study says 04 Oct 2022 18:00:22 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/10/one-more-thing-about-plastics-they-could-be-acidifying-the-ocean-study-says/ | ||
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Sri Lanka eyes major compensation case over X-Press Pearl sinking 14 Sep 2022 12:21:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/09/sri-lanka-eyes-major-compensation-case-over-x-press-pearl-sinking/ | ||
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Three-fourths of waste in Jakarta’s notoriously polluted rivers is plastic 29 Aug 2022 15:05:43 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/08/three-fourths-of-waste-in-jakartas-notoriously-polluted-rivers-is-plastic/ | ||
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Even Antarctic snow can’t escape the plastic peril, study shows 10 Jun 2022 15:28:42 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/even-antarctic-snow-cant-escape-the-plastic-peril-study-shows/ | ||
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Podcast: Indigenous, ingenious and sustainable aquaculture from the distant past to today 02 Jun 2022 00:07:34 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/06/podcast-indigenous-ingenious-and-sustainable-aquaculture-from-the-distant-past-to-today/ | ||
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Tropical mammals under rising chemical pollution pressure, study warns 02 May 2022 15:08:49 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/tropical-mammals-under-rising-chemical-pollution-pressure-study-warns/ | ||
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California subpoenas ExxonMobil over plastic pollution 29 Apr 2022 15:34:13 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/enough-is-enough-california-subpoenas-exxonmobil-over-plastic-pollution/ | ||
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To stop plastic pollution, we must stop plastic production, scientists say 28 Apr 2022 18:00:58 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/04/to-stop-plastic-pollution-we-must-stop-plastic-production-scientists-say/ | ||
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Chemical recycling: ‘Green’ plastics solution makes more pollution, says report 22 Mar 2022 14:35:27 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/chemical-recycling-green-plastics-solution-makes-more-pollution-report/ | ||
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‘We have a full pharmacopoeia of plants’: Q&A with Māori researcher Nicola Macdonald 18 Mar 2022 12:00:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/we-have-a-full-pharmacopoeia-of-plants-qa-with-maori-researcher-nicola-macdonald/ | ||
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The world says yes to a cradle to grave plastics treaty: Now the work begins 07 Mar 2022 21:37:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/the-world-says-yes-to-a-cradle-to-grave-plastics-treaty-now-the-work-begins/ | ||
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Microplastics plus organic pollutants equals 10 times the toxicity, study finds 04 Mar 2022 13:21:25 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/03/microplastics-plus-organic-pollutants-equals-10-times-the-toxicity-study-finds/ | ||
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Tiny plastic particles accumulating in river headwaters: Study 10 Feb 2022 21:53:18 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/tiny-plastic-particles-accumulating-in-river-headwaters-study/ | ||
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As world drowns in plastic waste, U.N. to hammer out global treaty 02 Feb 2022 16:58:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/02/as-world-drowns-in-plastic-waste-u-n-to-hammer-out-global-treaty/ | ||
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We’ve breached Earth’s threshold for chemical pollution, study says 19 Jan 2022 20:31:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2022/01/weve-breached-earths-threshold-for-chemical-pollution-study-says/ | ||
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Burnt pellets complicate impact of plastic spill off Sri Lanka, study finds 30 Dec 2021 18:49:37 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/burnt-pellets-complicate-impact-of-plastic-spill-off-sri-lanka-study-finds/ | ||
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Hospital waste, not masks, are plastic scourge of pandemic: Study 12 Nov 2021 18:52:46 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/hospital-waste-not-masks-are-plastic-scourge-of-pandemic-study-finds-study/ | ||
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Despite deals, plans and bans, the Mediterranean is awash in plastic 11 Nov 2021 12:32:22 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/despite-deals-plans-and-bans-the-mediterranean-is-awash-in-plastic/ | ||
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Plastics set to overtake coal plants on U.S. carbon emissions, new study shows 22 Oct 2021 18:54:57 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/10/plastics-set-to-overtake-coal-plants-on-ghg-emissions-new-study-shows/ | ||
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Novel chemical entities: Are we sleepwalking through a planetary boundary? 23 Sep 2021 12:23:06 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/novel-entities-are-we-sleepwalking-through-a-planetary-boundary/ | ||
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Not just sea life: Migratory fish, birds and mammals also fall foul of plastic 03 Sep 2021 16:28:52 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/not-just-sea-life-migratory-fish-birds-and-mammals-also-fall-foul-of-plastic/ | ||
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X-Press Pearl sinking shines a light on seafood safety in Sri Lanka 17 Aug 2021 12:52:29 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/08/x-press-pearl-sinking-shines-a-light-on-seafood-safety-in-sri-lanka/ | ||
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With fire contained, Sri Lanka faces plastic pellet problem from stricken ship 31 May 2021 19:22:05 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/with-fire-contained-sri-lanka-faces-plastic-pellet-problem-from-stricken-ship/ | ||
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As the rest of world tackles plastics disposal, the U.S. resists 17 May 2021 17:48:00 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/05/as-the-rest-of-world-tackles-plastics-disposal-the-u-s-resists/ | ||
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Marine microplastics are now invading the atmosphere, study finds 27 Apr 2021 20:30:56 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/04/marine-microplastics-are-now-invading-the-atmosphere-study-finds/ | ||
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Wasting away: Sea urchins suffer deformities from plastic chemicals 17 Feb 2021 12:33:30 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/02/wasting-away-sea-urchins-suffer-deformities-from-plastic-chemicals/ | ||
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This Mediterranean seagrass filters plastic waste — but it’s also under threat 05 Feb 2021 04:44:17 +0000 https://news.mongabay.com/2021/02/this-mediterranean-seagrass-filters-plastic-waste-but-its-also-under-threat/ | ||
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