You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

Now, scientists are turning to an unexpected solution to clean up this pollution ... for sucking up microplastics, made using readily available natural materials—chitin from marine creatures ...

Facts About Plastic Pollution and Microplastics Plastic pollution is one of the most pressing environmental issues of our ...

The Ubiquity of Plastic in Our Lives Plastic has become an inevitable part of modern life. If you look around, almost ...

Other potential microplastics sources our experts brought up are fabrics that touch your skin often (clothing, bedding, ...

Plastics have infiltrated every recess of the planet, including your lungs, kidneys and other sensitive organs. Scientists ...

The small plastic particles are "ubiquitous" in Great Lakes water, sediment, plants, fish and beaches, an international panel ...

In Finland’s freezing Arctic, lakes and rivers have nourished the lifeways of Indigenous Skolt Sámi communities for ...

A reusable sponge that soaks up pollutants like phosphate and metals from water has been developed by Northwestern University ...

Scientists have discovered microplastics in the snow near some of Antarctica's deep field camps, revealing how far-reaching ...

When the Great Lakes Water Quality Agreement was passed in the 1970s, eutrophication was the big problem. Eutrophication occurs when too many nutrients enter a body of water, increasing the amount of ...

Ropes and fishing gear used in the fisheries and aquaculture industries are a major source of microplastics in the ocean and littering along the ...