This estimate shows that there is more plastic in the form of nanoparticles floating in the this part of the ocean, than there is in larger micro- or ...

For this research, Utrecht master student Sophie ten Hietbrink worked for four weeks aboard the research vessel RV Pelagia. On a trip from the Azores to the continental shelf of Europe, she took water ...

Motes of plastic less than a micrometer across could outnumber larger fragments and particles floating through the oceans to ...

As shiny, pearl-like white plastic pellets rode wave after wave and piled up on the beaches of Thiruvananthapuram in India’s ...

Microplastics (MPs) pollution is a prevalent environmental problem that affects ecosystems globally. Despite the growing ...

A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the ...

Microplastics are tiny plastic particles from plastic waste, such as packaging, synthetic fabrics and personal care products, that break down and collect in drinking water, seafood and the air.

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

Counties bordering ocean waters with very high microplastic concentrations had significantly greater average rates of stroke, coronary heart disease, and type 2 diabetes compared to counties with ...

Living in a U.S. coastal county bordered by ocean waters with very high concentrations of microplastics may increase the risk of heart and metabolic diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, coronary ...

New research links microplastics to higher risks of diabetes, stroke and heart disease in coastal communities.