Tag: microplastics

Microplastics are not just transported by water. They can me moved by the air, ending in the snow.

This brings us one step closer to an Earth without plastic pollution.

Microplastics are everywhere, and we're only starting to discover the problems they cause.

Maybe not man but robots can save the world from plastic.

Plastic pollution is a huge problem, but it could unexpectedly help solve another major challenge: antibiotic-resistanc superbugs.

We might have unknowingly been dumping huge quantities of microplastics on our croplands.

Plastic pollution is a massive problem, so we have to come up with new and creative ways forward.

Microplastics get into our bodies, potentially altering how certain cells convert sugar into energy, especially in the gut. Continued ingestion ...

There are some concerns regarding the use of this tech near marine life, but the concept works.

It's big enough to know something is happening. But we're still unsure exactly what.

The impact on their health is unclear but it can’t be too good.

Bad news for sushi.

Microplastics have been discovered from the depths of the ocean all the way to the highest mountain on Earth.

Although this may sound alarming, scientists say that parents shouldn't necessarily be concerned.

Some of these tiny particles travel as far as the Arctic, accelerating melting in remote snow- and ice-covered regions.

Plastic waste could impact our crops.

Please stop, plastics.

Researchers found fragments of plastic in sea spray.

Plastic deposits in the soil have increased exponentially sine WWII, doubling every 15 years.

Flowing through rivers and oceans, plastic waste has become an important environmental threat across the globe.