Tag: plastic pollution

A new study found that Hurricane Helene drove microplastic deposition three to 22 times above pre-storm levels at three Western ...

A new edited volume outlines practical, policy-driven zero-waste strategies for reducing food, plastic, electronic and hazardous waste across tourism destinations, ...

Foliar sprays of the plant hormone 24-epibrassinolide help wheat tolerate polyethylene nanoplastic contamination by reprogramming root metabolism and restructuring the ...

A comprehensive review in Results in Chemistry finds that natural fiber-based materials can rival conventional plastics in specific food-packaging applications, ...

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 ...