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

It’s in the single-use packaging we discard, the consumer goods that fill our stores, and in our clothing, which sheds microplastic fibers ... Not one square mile of surface ocean anywhere on earth is ...

Scientists are urging the US and Canadian governments to take swift action after discovering high levels of microplastic ...

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

(Photo by ANDER GILLENEA / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANDER GILLENEA/AFP via Getty Images) When people tend to think of plastic pollution and ... In an interview, Ocean Conservancy’s ...

The most alarming conclusion is that the microplastic problem is far more complex than initially thought. "Plastic pollution in the marine environment has many unexpected dimensions, and its ...

"I have yet to encounter a single human being who says, 'There's a bunch of plastic in my brain and I'm totally cool with ...

The new study shows a significant increase in the presence of microplastics and even smaller-diameter nanoplastics in the ...

10 Climate change-induced ocean acidification, caused by increased carbon dioxide ... particularly in remote or fragile ecosystems newly exposed to microplastic pollution. 2 Future research should ...

A study by Staffordshire University, The Rozalia Project for a Clean Ocean, and Central Wyoming ... opportunities to prevent a subset of microplastic pollution." The authors are now calling ...

Humans consume up to 52,000 microplastic particles per year ... according to another study on microfiber pollution by nonprofit Ocean Wise. As biologist Judith Weis notes, microplastics aren ...

Can drinking tea or coffee from paper cups be harmful? Yes! Hot beverages can release microplastics and toxic chemicals, ...