A seabird snared by plastic six-pack rings, plastic pellets filling up a fish’s stomach — such images aren’t new. But what happens when tons of plastic debris slowly break down in the open ocean and ...

Marine animals inevitably eat what we toss in the ocean, including pervasive plastics -- but how much is too much? The bar is low, according to a new study out Monday: less than three sugar cubes ...

The bar is low, according to a new study out Monday: less than three sugar cubes worth could kill birds like Atlantic puffins, for example. That threshold "is much smaller than we expected," said Erin ...