Sandpits reveal microplastics shed from sports surfaces in Polish case study
A Polish case study found 3 to 104 microplastic particles per 10 grams of long-jump sand, demonstrating that sandpits can ...
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Bees Near Cities Carry More Microplastics, Ecuador Study Finds
A study of nine apiaries around Gualaceo, Ecuador, shows honeybees carry significant microplastic loads that decrease significantly with distance from ...
Microplastics Found in Every Sample of Bulgarian Black Sea Coastal Waters
A year-long survey of Bulgaria's Black Sea coast found microplastics in 22 of 23 seawater samples, averaging 7.3 particles per ...
Trapped Bulgarian coastal lakes warm, stagnate and choke on plastic as scientists propose a seasonal outlet fix
A new integrated study of Bulgaria's Shabla–Ezerets coastal lakes reveals warming, oxygen depletion and plastic accumulation driven by hydrological confinement, ...
Rope, Nets and Nudges: How Guyana’s Cheap Canal Booms Are Stopping Plastic Before It Reaches the Sea
A low-cost system of canal booms, community recycling hubs and behavioral incentives intercepted over 113 tonnes of waste in Guyana, ...
Plastic pollution and invasive species are merging into a single ecological crisis
A systematic review of 146 studies reveals how plastic debris and invasive species reinforce one another, with consequences for dispersal, ...
Attention-Enhanced AI Network Spots Underwater Waste in Murky Freshwater Ponds
Researchers in India have released PondDebris, a freshwater underwater waste dataset, and UWAD-Net, an attention-enhanced YOLOv8-based detector that achieves a ...
Soft matter science could finally break our addiction to plastic food packaging
A comprehensive Frontiers in Soft Matter review maps how viscoelasticity, self-assembly and nanocomposite reinforcement could transform bio-based polymers, edible films ...
Dog Waste Is a Hidden National Pollutant: New Model Tracks Where It All Goes
A new pathway-resolved mass-balance model quantifies for the first time how South Korea's pet dog waste splits between landfills, sewers, ...
Living Pollution Sensors: New Review Maps How Organisms Track Global Microplastic Contamination
A new systematic review in Environmental Management maps the global landscape of microplastic biomonitoring, offering a decision framework for selecting ...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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