For more than two years, the UN member states have been trying to agree on a plastics treaty that includes globally binding ...

A new study implicates microplastics as a decisive threat to photosynthesis. What could this mean for the horticulture ...

A research team from the Institute of Soil Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, in cooperation with Nanjing University, identified the negative effects of microplastic pollution on ...

"Understanding these interactions is essential for assessing the broader environmental consequences of microplastic contamination in marine ecosystems ... of smaller micro- and nanoplastic ...

Due to their small size, micro-plastics can be mistaken for plankton and ingested by marine animals ... Similarly, the study of natural archives such as sediment cores, corals and shells reveals the ...

They are focussing on innovative, “third-generation” biodegradable plastics to ... best decomposes into micro- or nanoplastics, with serious consequences for marine ecosystems in particular.

It is first time a new and advanced technique has been used to detect microplastics as small as 11 micro ... any plastics above 11 micrometres can be identified. Dr Emily Rowlands, a marine ...

Inside a New Mexico lab, researchers estimate there is five bottle caps worth of plastic in human brains. Now they are trying to find out its effects.