Tag: plastic pollution

Researchers on Okinawa have identified plasticorals, coral rubble fused with melted household plastic, as a durable new form of pollution ...

A new review reveals how ultraviolet-driven photooxidation chemically weakens plastics and drives their fragmentation into micro- and nanoplastics across urban, ...

Researchers found mobile colistin resistance genes in bacteria from water, plastic litter, and marine sponges across Brazilian coastal sites, including ...

Scientists have developed the first validated method to detect phthalate metabolites in bottlenose dolphin blubber, enabling less invasive chemical exposure ...

A new study shows that the additives blended into polypropylene dramatically alter how sunlight and mechanical stress break the plastic ...

On the rocky shorelines of Japan, small crustaceans known as wharf roaches spend their lives performing one of nature's least ...

A new study of eleven Ugandan composting sites found microplastics in every compost sample, averaging 2,100 particles per kilogram, with ...

A comprehensive review highlights how sugarcane bagasse can be converted into biodegradable cellulose nanofilm packaging with mechanical and barrier properties ...

Researchers propose a material-flow framework that stress-tests circular-economy policies across broad plausible conditions instead of relying on uncertain probability estimates.

In an alarming new study poised to reshape our understanding of environmental pollution, researchers have uncovered a previously hidden pathway ...