Three percent of the larval fish caught for a 2017 study by researchers at Plymouth Marine Laboratory and the University of Plymouth had eaten microplastic fibers. PHOTOGRAPHED AT MARINE ...

A board of scientists has proposed a system to monitor microplastics in the Great Lakes. Currently, there’s no coordinated ...

Your favorite foods and drinks probably have microplastics in them. Here's how to reduce the amount of plastic particles you ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm bell on microplastic pollution within the Great Lakes of North America, raising concerns that the tiny pieces of human-made trash may be impacting the fish and other ...

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Kochi: While there have been studies on presence of microplastics in Kochi backwaters and in some fish species, a new study ...

A troubling new study from Nanjing University in China has revealed that microplastics—tiny plastic particles less than 5 millimeters long—are not only harming our environment but also threatening our ...

Scientists with the International Joint Commission want to see a coordinated effort to monitor microplastic pollution in the lakes.

Researchers from the UAB demonstrate that the way sardines eat, altered due to the reduction in size of plankton, undermines the efficiency of their ...

Find out how microplastics affect brain health and what steps can be taken to reduce their presence in your body.

To deal with microplastic pollution, it helps agencies to know what kind of plastic they’ve got on their hands.