While not yet detected in high numbers, experts expect the ___ variant to become the dominant COVID strain in the U.S. over ...

The university received a $3.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health, which will fund the five-year study.

A new report calls for global action on plastic pollution, urging reductions in plastic production and microplastic emissions ...

Scientists found microplastics in corals, suggesting that corals absorb plastic waste. This explains where some missing ocean plastics go.

Microplastics, identified 20 years ago, are pervasive particles found in the environment, wildlife, and human body. Despite ...

It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and ...

In both cases incredibly tiny microplastics, or nanoplastics, are what turn the problem from a visual annoyance at beaches and a marine life problem to a human health threat, Velis said. Several ...

Researchers have found microplastics less than 300 m in size in coral skeletons. The team developed a new protocol to extract and detect microplastics and applied it to coral samples from the Gulf of ...

Volunteers are gearing up for Saturday’s 17th annual Lee County Rivers Alive initiative. The initiative is a creek and river ...

Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in coral have found that all three parts of the coral anatomy ...

A variety of microplastics extracted from corals off the coast of Si Chang Island in the Gulf of Thailand. As seen by the color, shape, and size, coral will consume a wide range of microplastics, with ...

Since the term “microplastics” was coined 20 years ago, research has multiplied, revealing their pervasive presence worldwide ...