Microplastics are turning up in oceans, soil, drinking water, and human tissue. Learn where they come from, why they matter, and what helps reduce exposure.

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

Doctors are no longer just warning that plastic is everywhere in the environment. They are now literally finding tiny ...

I was standing there looking out at this gorgeous view of the Andaman Sea, and then I looked down and beneath my feet were ...

Scientists have detected microplastics — the tiny and pervasive fragments now found in our seas, drinking water, food and, increasingly, living tissue — in human semen and follicular fluid, according ...

Microplastics are no longer just an environmental concern. Doctors are now finding them in human blood and even arterial ...

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A review study conducted by Brazilian researchers found growing evidence that microplastics can reach and build up in human bone tissue, potentially disrupting bone metabolism. Lab and animal studies ...

Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps ...

Research shows microplastics are flooding the oceans, lessening their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, a process critical to regulating Earth’s temperature. SHARJAH, EMIRATE OF SHARJAH, UNITED ARAB ...