When oceanographer David Gallo stepped out onto his ship, floating above the resting place of the RMS Titanic, he spotted evidence of a different kind of tragedy — a lone plastic bag floating in the ...

A bag found floating in the waters near Sabina Shoal in the West Philippine Sea on Saturday yielded suspected illegal drugs, the Philippine Navy said. According to the Navy, the Maritime Civilian ...

The bag, which washed up on the Outer Banks in North Carolina, is a stark reminder of how long plastic trash lasts. Has a Doritos bag been found after floating in the ocean after 40 years? It washed ...

As plastic bags slowly become a thing of the past and reusable totes take over, one group of students is putting the leftovers to good use. A team of artists from Lund University’s School of ...

For dealing with mass casualties like those following hurricane Katrina or in some future chemical attack, existing body bags leave much to be desired. So say forensic researchers Arpad Vass and Cyril ...