microplastics

A better water filtration system that could even deal with the emerging threat from microplastics pollution?

Manta rays strain their tiny food from mouthfuls of seawater in a novel way that

Microplastics levels in Northwest Atlantic fish are one of the highest frequencies of microplastics among fish species globally

New study finds microplastics in the stomachs of 73 percent of mesopelagic fish caught in the

What effects are microplastics having on dry land?

Tiny plastic particles also present a threat to creatures on land and may have damaging

Is microplastic debris the next big ocean threat?

More than five trillion pieces of plastic debris are estimated to be in our oceans,

Microplastics in agricultural soils: A reason to worry?

Microplastics are increasingly seen as an environmental problem of global proportions. While the focus to

First evidence of deep-sea animals ingesting microplastics

Scientists have found evidence of microfibers ingested by deep sea animals, revealing for the first

Microplastics entering ocean food web through zooplankton, researchers find

Tiny microscopic animals called zooplankton are ingesting plastic particles at an alarming rate, according to

Minute Plastic Fibres Found in Abundance in the Deep Seas

Around four billion minute fibres could be littering each square kilometre of some of the

Microplastic pollution discovered in St. Lawrence River sediments

Previously undocumented in North American rivers, concentrations of microplastic particles in the St. Lawrence are

Floating debris (Photo credit: University of Exeter)
Microplastics worse for crabs and other marine life than previously thought, study shows

It has been suggested that 10 per cent of plastic which is thrown away ends

Microplastics ‘pose toxic threat to marine biodiversity’

Tiny particles of waste plastic that are ingested by shoreline “eco-engineer” worms may be negatively

Scientists Finding Plastic Pollutants in Global Waters

Microplastics have become a big concern in the world’s oceans and estuaries. Water pollution remains