Microplastics are everywhere. We drink them in our water, we eat them in our food, we breathe them in our air, leading to – ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

Microplastics are everywhere and in everything, including humans – and that’s not a good thing. Microplastics are fragments of plastic less than 5 millimeters in size that usually require a microscope ...

Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...

Quorum Innovations, a biotechnology company founded by physician-scientists Nicholas T. Monsul, MD, and Eva Ann Berkes, MD, today announced growing scientific, medical, and public-policy momentum ...

Microbubbles in the tap water you just poured into a plastic glass are strong enough to create tiny abrasions on the inner ...

At a base level, microplastics are tiny plastic shards that are under five millimeters in size. Microplastics aren’t only in ...

Scientists are finding microplastics everywhere from brain tissue to arteries and warning of the health risks posed by their buildup inside our bodies. They’re also discovering just how easily the ...

A new study finds hot takeaway coffee in plastic cups can release thousands of microplastics. Heat increases shedding, ...