Microplastics are everywhere, but much remains unknown about their long-term effects on human health and ecosystems. Urgent ...

But one tiny organism, notorious for its ability to return to life after a trip to space, being frozen or boiled, asphyxiated ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law a plastic bag bill that will ban stores from offering heavyweight 'reusable' plastic bags ...

They often spill during transport on trains or ships, and high winds and ocean currents spread the problem far and fast.

It's been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...

The university received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will fund the five-year study.

A new report calls for global action on plastic pollution, urging reductions in plastic production and microplastic emissions ...

Scientists found microplastics in corals, suggesting that corals absorb plastic waste. This explains where some missing ocean plastics go.

Microplastics, identified 20 years ago, are pervasive particles found in the environment, wildlife, and human body. Despite ...

It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...

In both cases incredibly tiny microplastics, or nanoplastics, are what turn the problem from a visual annoyance at beaches and a marine life problem to a human health threat, Velis said. Several ...

Researchers have found microplastics less than 300 m in size in coral skeletons. The team developed a new protocol to extract and detect microplastics and applied it to coral samples from the Gulf of ...