Urgent call for research into microplastic pollution from car tyres
Scientists have made an urgent call for research to establish the risks to health and the environment from particles produced by tyres which are the “leading contributor to microplastics”.
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Microplastics Could Be Changing Earth’s Climate, Reveals New Study
Airborne microplastics may influence climate dynamics significantly Penn State study links microplastics to changes in cloud ...
Low-cost method removes micro- and nanoplastics from water
Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil have developed a novel nanotechnology-based solution for the ...
Plastic that dissolves in water could combat global pollution crisis
At a time when synthetic plastic has polluted nearly every corner of the globe and appeared in food and in the human body, ...
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Scientists claim microplastics could be causing clouds to form and making our weather worse
We’ve probably all heard about the dangers of microplastics and how we can end up ingesting them, but researchers from The Pennsylvania State University (often referred to as ‘Penn State’) have ...