HANGA ROA, Easter Island, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Easter Island, the tiny remote speck of land in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, is stuck in an oceanic vortex of plastic. According to municipal data ...

On a remote, crescent-shaped island surrounded by crystal clear ocean, live some of the most plastic-contaminated birds in the world. Scientist say the crisis is getting worse.

Plastic-rocks or plastiglomerates, a new kind of conglomerate made partially from plastic, were described for the first time in 2014 from a beach on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Melted plastic has become intertwined with rocks on the island, located 1,140 km (708 miles) from the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, which researchers say is evidence of humans' growing ...

Melted plastic has become intertwined with rocks on the island, located 1,140 km (708 miles) from the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, which researchers say is evidence of humans’ growing ...