Student researchers at the University of San Diego are testing out a new product in order to remove pollutants from water in ...

Pollution by microplastics is increasingly posing a major threat to the world’s seas and oceans, as well as human health, ...

Rice is also a hot spot for microplastics. A University of Queensland study found that for every half cup of rice, there are ...

The Yamuna River is polluted with microplastics, particularly along a 12-kilometer stretch near the Taj Mahal, according to a ...

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

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

Nanoplastics—particles smaller than a human hair—can pass through cell walls and enter the food web. New research suggest 27 ...

Marine plastic litter tends to grab headlines, with images of suffocating seabirds or bottles washing up along coastlines. A study published today reveals yet another hidden source of this deadly ...

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

New research shows that a combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airbourne ...

Published in Scientific Reports, the research examined the theoretical conditions necessary for aerosolisation of microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs). The team looked at records over a two-year ...