The 8 billion tons of plastic waste that have amassed on Earth pose a grave and growing danger to human health, according to a new report published in the leading medical journal The Lancet.

Wastewater can contain many harmful substances, but a new method enables researchers to purify this water using sunlight and droplets of oil.

20,000 tree ring samples shows remarkable growth resilience to droughts, but tree death could result in equivalent of Germany’s annual CO2 emissions.

The University of Plymouth is addressing one of the key challenges in shipping’s energy transition: upskilling the workforce – at sea, in the port environment, and across the fuel supply chain – to use low and zero-carbon fuels.

Masks physically degrade into nanoplastics, chemically change with exposure to sunlight, metals.

Rivers carry plastic across continents, so scientists tracked its movement across continents too.

Rare earth elements sustain the Information Age, and securing a supply of these metals has become a matter of national and economic security. 

Scientists at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography present a new tool the public can use to understand sewage contamination levels at beaches from Coronado to Playas de Tijuana as well as potential risks of swimmer illness.

A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world’s coastal towns and cities, a new study suggests.

A graduate from the University of Plymouth has led a new study into air pollution levels in and around Derriford Hospital, supporting its ambition of achieving an ‘excellent’ rating in the Clean Air Hospital Framework.