A new study finds that microplastic pollution reduces plant photosynthesis, threatening global food security and worsening ...

Microplastics can cut a plant’s ability to photosynthesize by up to 12 percent, new research shows microplastics are ...

“The planet is under great threat from microplastics, and aquatic ecosystems are the first ... and environmental recycling, microplastic pollution is irreversible and escalating.” ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm bell on microplastic pollution within the Great Lakes ... Their chief recommendation is that microplastics should be added as a key indicator of ecosystem health and ...

“Microplastics are reported to be present in sources of drinking water and in fish collected from the Great Lakes and their ...

Microplastic accumulation in our waters ... The impact of microplastics on aquatic ecosystems is far-reaching and detrimental. Marine and freshwater organisms, ranging from tiny zooplankton ...

Microplastic particles are a persistent environmental ... of the Great Lakes to rivers flowing into the lakes, to fish and aquatic insects that live in these habitats," says Kidd, who holds ...

In remote Antarctica, Colombian marine biologist Paulo Tigreros dips a net into the icy waters in his hunt for microplastics in what should be one of the best-preserved ecosystems in the world.

Professor Zhong Huan of Nanjing University and the research team noted on the 11th that "microplastic pollution decreases photosynthesis in the Earth's ecosystems, adversely affecting the production ...