Swedish scientists recently demonstrated that larval Perch raised in waters containing micro-plastics "only ate plastic and ignored their natural food source of free-swimming zooplankton." ...

We agreed after some research that we would buy two reusable brands that were mostly plastic-free and one box of disposable ones and see how we got on. We were pleasantly surprised by the reusable ...

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Plastic microbeads, those tiny troublemakers found in the personal care products of the early 1990s to the late 2010s, wreak ...

Microplastics can act as ice nucleating particles, potentially altering cloud formation, precipitation, and even global ...

Discover how microplastics are reshaping cloud formation, potentially altering weather patterns and climate balance.

Their stomachs stuffed with plastic, some species starve and die. In addition to mechanical effects, microplastics have chemical impacts, because free-floating pollutants that wash off the land ...

Microplastics have been steadily increasing in rivers, and levels are directly tied to rising plastic production, a new study ...

“Micro-organisms rapidly colonise the surface of plastic pollution when it enters ... culture to climate – The Independent has a host of free newsletters to suit your interests.

Its findings are based on almost 30 samples taken across the Atlantic Ocean, enabling scientists to examine variations in micro-plastic concentration and types within the upper ocean, both on the ...

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