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

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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 ...

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

Citizen scientists have the chance to join world-renowned microplastic experts on an expedition off the Atlantic coast.  ...

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 ...

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 ...

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