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.

For the first time, scientists have found evidence that marine mammals could be inhaling microplastics, according to new ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics have become an alarming presence in our everyday lives, showing up in food, water, and even ...

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 ...

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 ...

“We found that dolphins may be breathing in microplastics ... After examining the dishes under a microscope, the scientists found that each dolphin exhaled at least one microplastic particle.

In fact, 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 ...

In fact, 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 ...