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

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 ...

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

Learn more about the marine fungi that could be conditioned to help clean up Hawai’i’s beaches.

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

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 ...

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

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

The bioplastics company, with an office in Shelton, collaborated with a UConn marine sciences team to evaluate the product’s ...

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 ...

Microplastics are formed in a number of ... groundwater contamination.” Outside of water pollution, there are stressors on the Great Lakes on the horizon as the need for water increases ...