Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a novel nanotechnology-based solution for the ...

The result is a small, biodegradable, 3D-printed box that contains a wireless digital microscope ... microplastics Natural ...

Microplastics in the atmosphere may be altering weather and climate by facilitating ice formation in clouds. Penn State ...

Cloudy Skies Microplastics have once again been detected somewhere jarring as scientists reveal that these tiny plastic ...

The Charleston Waterkeeper conducts tests for microplastics by collecting water samples, separating the particles, and examining them under a microscope. "Here in Charleston we see a lot of blue ...

Microplastics are invisible but omnipresent.

The amount of sunlight reflected depends on how much liquid water vs. ice a cloud contains. If microplastics increase the presence of ice particles in clouds compared with liquid water droplets ...

THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers ...

Extracts of okra and other slimy plants commonly used in cooking can help remove dangerous microplastics from waste water, scientists said Tuesday. The new research was presented at the spring ...

For the first time, scientists have found evidence that marine mammals could be inhaling microplastics ... After examining the dishes under a microscope, the scientists found that each dolphin ...

bubble bursts caused by wave energy can release 100,000 metric tons of microplastics into the atmosphere each year. Since dolphins and other marine mammals breathe at the water’s surface ...