A new report calls for global action on plastic pollution, urging reductions in plastic production and microplastic emissions ...

Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in coral have found that all three parts of the coral anatomy ...

It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...

Megan Hill is an assistant professor of chemistry and leader of the Hill Lab in Colorado State University's College of ...

During the 20 years since our first study, the amount of plastic in our oceans has increased by around 50%, only further ...

The university received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will fund the five-year study.

As it stands, though, individuals are left to mediate their own relationship to plastic, in a world where plastic is the ...

University researchers have developed a small, portable device that can accurately measure microplastics in water samples ...

Microplastics can invade the olfactory bulb of the human nose, which transmits smells to the brain, a new study found.

Microplastics, identified 20 years ago, are pervasive particles found in the environment, wildlife, and human body. Despite ...

The paper opened an entire research field. Since then, more than 7,000 published studies have shown the prevalence of ...