While MPs have already been detected in human reproductive systems, the study, published in the Journal of the Endocrine ...
This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Eloy Martin, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide published by ...
Microplastics range from about the width of a bacterium to several millimeters across. Nanoplastics are smaller still. These ...
Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps ...
The world’s oceans are becoming dangerously acidic. A controversial proposal would raise the pH — by mixing chemicals into ...
Standing at the edge of the world, in a place I only knew from photos and documentaries, I can’t imagine a greater thrill ...
They’re wasteful and impersonal—and tend to deprive children of the joy of thoughtful giving.
This animal eats plastic and poops it out at the bottom of the sea – and scientists just recorded it
In a scientific first, researchers have recorded how quickly microplastics pass through the gut of zooplankton to better understand marine plastic pollution.
The field of Environmental Science has recently turned its focus towards the pervasive issue of plastic pollution, ...
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