Plastic pollution tends to float near the surface and build up in large, rotating ocean currents known as gyres. The ...

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 million metric tons of nanoplastics are spread across just the top layer of ...

low pollution (0–0.005 pieces/m 3): described as almost nothing visible—maybe one tiny plastic speck in 200 bathtubs of ocean water; medium pollution (0.005–1 pieces/m 3 ): up to 1 small ...

KOTA KINABALU: Pitch black, cold, silent. The bottom of the ocean, where sunlight does not reach, where weird and unusual sea ...

A new study finds there are 27 million metric tons of invisible plastic particles in the North Atlantic alone.

Doctors should note that microplastics measuring 30-500 μm have been detected in bottled water, soft drinks, tea, beer, and ...

Horntje / Utrecht 9 July - The total amount of plastic floating in the North Atlantic Ocean as particles of less than 1 ...

Researchers have been examining the possibility that wind could be spreading microplastics and nanoplastics (MNP) from sewage ...

Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report: APA. Pramanik, Priyanjana. (2025, June 20). Higher ocean microplastics linked to more diabetes, stroke ...