Over the past 70 years, the volume of plastic production has grown 180 times. At the same time, according to research by ...

“We find plastics there,” said Aron Stubbins, a professor of marine and environmental sciences at Northeastern University.

Plastic makers promote advanced recycling, but the reality reveals technical, financial, and environmental limitations.

Musk has spoken previously about having Mars as a backup planet for humanity ... down around you. "Earth to Elon: If we’re incinerated, so is Mars," former NASA astronaut and current senator ...

A failed Soviet Venus lander's long space odyssey has come to an end. The Kosmos 482 probe crashed to Earth today (May 10) after circling our planet for more than five decades. Reentry occurred at ...

After living for nearly a hundred years on this planet ... place on Earth is not on land, but at sea. “Today it is in such poor health I would find it hard not to lose hope were it not for the most ...

Editor’s Note: Call to Earth is a CNN editorial series committed to reporting on the environmental challenges facing our planet ... global warming, plastic pollution and overfishing.

Plastic also commonly contains other chemicals that are endocrine disrupters and may impact fertility. Here are just a few of them: BPA: Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial chemical used in the ...

The 15 firefighters spent around 90 minutes shovelling away earth to get down to the pipe before cutting away a section of it and pulling him back out into the daylight. Adriana, a garden centre ...

Last year, the theme was "Planet vs Plastics", with campaigners pushing for a 60% reduction in the production of plastics by 2040. When did Earth Day first begin? Earth Day is a concept first ...