A new study found that polyester microfibers, a common type of microplastic pollution, slowed the development of cherry tomatoes.

Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural environments in greater quantities than in urban locations, researchers ...

A new study from has overturned assumptions about airborne plastic pollution, finding that a rural woodland area recorded ...

Cuyahoga County raises awareness of microplastics in the Great Lakes, noting tap water contains fewer than bottled water.

A first-of-its-kind study in Appalachia revealed disturbing findings about microplastic pollution in the region's water and fish. Isabella Tuzzio, a biology undergraduate student at West Virginia ...

A study has found microplastics in greater quantities in rural environments than in urban sites. Scientists at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) estimated that up to 500 airborne particles ...

STORY: This river in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state has one of the world’s highest concentrations of microplastic pollution, according to a new study. Its findings are raising concerns among scientists and ...

Here, there and everywhere: Due to its minuscule size and its ease of scattering, glitter is more harmful than other sorts of microplastics. Glitter (Credit: Nika Akin / CC0 Public Domain) I’ve been ...

Biological carbon pumping’ is a natural process by which an ocean transfers carbon from the atmosphere into the deep sea ...

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

In the vast cotton fields of Xinjiang, plastic film covering technology has been a weapon for increasing yield—it conserves ...

The prevalence of cognitive, mobility, self-care, and independent living disability were significantly higher in coastal counties with very high vs low marine microplastic levels. Compared with ...