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 ...

“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 ...

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

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 ...

The quality of river bed habitats underpins the entire river ecosystem because many ... the worst place for extended periods of microplastic contamination because it increases opportunities for ...

“In order to go ahead and remove microplastic or any other type of materials, we should be using natural materials which are non-toxic,” lead investigator Rajani Srinivasan, of Tarleton State ...

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 ...

4–14% in freshwater algae, which form the base of aquatic ecosystems. This means less ... insights from marine scientist Marcus Eriksen and microplastic researcher Richard Thompson.