An enormous amount of water passes through mussels each day—but microplastics stay behind. Introducing more of the creatures who could help keep oceans cleaner—just make sure you have an easy way to ...

The tree was 98.5% effective at removing the microplastics, comparable with the current synthetic standard: aluminum sulfate.

A study published in the journal Trends in Ecology & Evolution last month looks at how filter-feeding marine animals like baleen whales, manta rays, and whale sharks are impacted by microplastic ...

Off the coasts of Corsica and Sardinia in the Mediterranean Sea swirls an omnipresent yet vanishingly small menace: microplastics. By this point, it comes as no surprise to scientists that they would ...

Plastic's resilience makes it great for product packaging, but not so great when it ends up in the ocean. Now, scientists from KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Sweden are testing a new filter ...

The Atlantic Ocean contains between 12–21 million tonnes of microplastic waste, much higher than previously determined, reports a new study published in Nature Communications. Scientists assessed the ...

On a journey along the Arctic Ocean, Canadian researchers collected bits of the sea and discovered pieces of microplastic smaller than sesame seeds scattered in all but one sample. In a deeper ...

Microplastics can be ingested by marine species such as shellfish. The ingestion of marine plastics carrying concentrated toxins has the potential to bioaccumulate up the food chain and enter the ...

A research team has developed an eco-friendly microplastic removal technology that can remove micro-to-nano-sized microplastics from water. A research team led by Professor Lee Ju-hyuck of the ...

They’ve increased exponentially in recent years. Every three to four years, The Ocean Race takes yacht sailors around the globe in a massive test of navigation and sea survival. The 2023 edition of ...

Microplastics pose a huge threat to aquatic life – particularly large filter feeders such as whale sharks, manta rays, and baleen whales. Filter feeders are at high risk because of their constant ...

A global analysis by St. Joseph’s University on Long Island examines the prevalence of microplastics in marine life. Dr. Konstantine Rountos, who led the study, is an associate professor of biology at ...