Some researchers have estimated that people consume between 39,000 and 52,000 microplastic particles each year. If we add how ...

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 ...

Microplastics are hindering photosynthesis, the process by which plants convert energy from the sun into the fruit and ...

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 ...

A new study shows that humans who drink water from plastic bottles consume as many as 90,000 microplastic particles a year. By drinking tap water, the figure can drop as low as 4,000. In a paper in ...

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

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

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

“Microplastics are reported to be present in sources of drinking water and in fish collected from the Great Lakes and their ...