Microplastics are not a new problem. But scientists are just beginning to understand their behavior and properties. By ...

Ahead of urgent United Nations talks on reducing plastic pollution, new research holds a workout on a synthetic carpet could ...

Researchers revealed that people are breathing in small particles of plastic without even knowing about it.Research ...

MICROPLASTICS — plastic particles ranging in size from large grains of sand to particles small enough to become airborne or ...

Indian researchers have discovered microplastics in Adelie penguins from Antarctica's Svenner Islands. The study, conducted ...

While photos of littered beaches and floating garbage patches are unsettling, perhaps the most problematic plastic is barely ...

A new durable, biodegradable plastic breaks down in seawater, offering a potential solution to microplastic pollution. This ...

Microplastics are everywhere—in our food, our water and even the air. Scientists and engineers around the world have developed all sorts of creative strategies to attempt to filter our these tiny ...

Scientists find that most of the microplastics and the 'forever chemicals' known as PFAS cycle through landfills and wastewater treatment plants and end up back in the environment.

Microplastics cause clouds to form in places where they wouldn't otherwise, which is likely to have knock-on effects on the ...