They didn't come away completely plastic-free, however. More than half of the waterbears were seen sporting microplastic ...

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

CNA's Matthew Mohan was "interviewed" by a group of kids who had read his story about going plastic-free for a week.

A project by the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments and the Anacostia Riverkeeper will remove boats, electric ...

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

Scientists found microplastics in corals, suggesting that corals absorb plastic waste. This explains where some missing ocean plastics go.

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

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

Researchers have found microplastics less than 300 m in size in coral skeletons. The team developed a new protocol to extract and detect microplastics and applied it to coral samples from the Gulf of ...

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

Due to “the rapid increase in plastic production, the longevity of plastic, and the disposable nature of plastic items,” the ...

An international group of researchers says two decades of research have generated sufficient knowledge about the sources and effects of microplastics to allow world leaders to agree measures to ...