Tag: Microplastic

In the last decade, growing numbers of researchers have studied plastic pollution, one of the world’s most pressing environmental hazards. ...

The waters of the North Atlantic gyre contain significantly greater quantities of plastic – composed of polymers arising from packaging, ...

The term “microplastic” (MP) was coined in 2004, and marine plastics started attracting public attention. In particular, the progress of ...

Globally, the coastal lagoons of Lagos (Nigeria), Sakumo (Ghana) and Bizerte (Tunisia) —close to large urban centres and without waste ...

Cities are the main source of the more than 24 trillion microplastics floating on the surface of our oceans, and ...

A common insect larvae could be inadvertently contributing to microplastic pollution in our rivers and waterways by chewing up litter, ...

The extent of plastic pollution remains largely hidden from view in the form of microplastics (MPs): plastic particles with diameters ...

Microplastics can deposit and linger within riverbeds for as long as seven years before washing into the ocean, a new ...

Previously detected in rivers, oceans, and snow,1 microplastic has now been found in the high-altitude air surrounding the Pic du ...

NEWS RELEASECredit: Alvarez Research Lab/Rice University NEWS RELEASE Jeff Falk 713-348-6775 [email protected] Mike Williams 713-348-6728 [email protected] Microplastic pollution aids antibiotic ...