Microplastics are an persistent form of pollution threatening the health of global lake ecosystems. A new review by researchers at the Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences synthesizes ...

Plastic pollution is among the gravest environmental crises facing humanity. Plastic production since 1950 has exceeded 8,300 ...

Debates over the presence of microplastics in the human body highlight the challenge of studying something simultaneously invisible to the naked eye and abundant. How do you detect plastic in a human ...

Plastic has become one of the defining materials of modern civilization, and it turns out that extends well beyond our products, packaging, and oceans. Researchers now have detailed evidence that ...

A comprehensive review from the Agricultural University of Hunan reveals how plastic particles in soil, sea, and air directly and indirectly amplify greenhouse gas emissions, creating a dangerous ...

The ocean is polluted by tiny plastic fragments that are difficult to detect but can harm marine ecosystems. Euronews Tech ...

Here, there and everywhere: Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics. Glitter (Credit: Nika Akin / CC0 Public Domain) I’ve been ...

More than a month after they poured from a semi-trailer on a west Michigan highway, little bits of white plastic appeared to be everywhere — strewn along at least 11 miles of highway, embedded in soil ...