At this Northwestern professor's lab, plastic-eating microbes show promise to gobble up microplastics in nature
We can learn from nature to engineer sustainable solutions," says Ludmilla Aristilde, who led a scientific team identifying ...
A Review of 7,000 Studies Says You Should Be Worried About Microplastics. Here Are 5 Simple Ways to Limit Your Exposure
A review of two decades of research found microplastics are literally everywhere. Here’s what you need to know, and what you ...
Microplastics Are Now Being Found in the Breath of Dolphins
Bottlenose dolphins probably don't have the greatest breath. It's probably pretty fishy. According to a new study, dolphin's ...
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Scientists Have Found Microplastics in Dolphin Breath for the First Time
Each of the 11 dolphins sampled exhaled at least one suspected particle of microplastic, which researchers say “highlights ...
Boiling Point: On bottlenose dolphins and the insidious presence of microplastics
Researchers found that air samples taken from the playful marine mammals’ blow holes contained plastic polymer fibers and ...
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UVic researcher creates simple way to test for microplastics
The way Motalebizadeh's kits identify microplastics is fairly simple. Using a syringe or pipette, users inject water into a ...
Microplastics trigger major concern as EU governments prepare for UN treaty talks
As officials from nearly 200 countries convened in Colombia this week to discuss implementing a global pact to reverse biodiversity loss, and prepare for crunch climate talks in Azerbaijan in November ...
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Studies identify microplastics contamination along entire Brazilian coastline
Far from being just a figure of speech, the existence of microplastics spread throughout the ocean is unequivocal for ...
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Wild dolphins off US Southeast coast found with microplastics in their breath, study says
Researchers have found microplastics in the breath of bottlenose dolphins. It’s the first evidence that marine mammals could ...
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Study Reveals Plastic Cutting Boards Release Thousands of Microplastics
A recent study has shown that plastic cutting boards can release thousands of microplastic particles into food.
An expert in how microplastics affect our health does 6 things to avoid them at home
Professor Fay Couceiro leads a team that researches the potential health impacts of microplastics. Not microwaving food in ...
Biodegradable microplastics study helps quantify their climate change and ecotoxicity impacts
Over 20 million tons of plastic are estimated to end up in the environment every year, with much of it breaking down into ...