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 ...

While the results only considered photosynthesis by excluding various factors affecting agricultural and fishery production, it has been assessed that there is confirmed evidence that microplastics ...

“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 of North America ... Their chief recommendation is that microplastics should be added as a key indicator of ...

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 ...

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.