Microplastics could be disrupting how oceans absorb and store carbon, potentially undermining a natural buffer that helps ...

“During their long journey to Ogasawara Islands, the green turtles are likely to ingest and accumulate plastic distributed ...

Microplastics are damaging oceans' ability to absorb CO2, disrupting the natural process of 'biological carbon pumping.' This ...

Nankai University researchers have found that plant leaves can directly absorb microplastics (MPs) from the atmosphere, leading to a widespread presence of plastic polymers in vegetation.

Research shows microplastics interfere with ocean carbon cycles, posing risks to climate and ecosystems. Urgent global action ...

Researchers find that tiny plastic particles increase the absorption of environmental arsenic and pesticides in lettuce and human intestinal cells, raising new safety concerns about plastic pollution.

Both macroplastics and microplastics are widely recognized problems in marine environments globally. The volume of plastics in marine ecosystems is a growing number and issue. Both macroplastics and ...

Plastics are everywhere in our world, and these tough chemicals that are used in everything from food packaging to roofing materials don't dissolve or biodegrade. They simply break down into smaller ...

A research group led by Dr. Toru Ube at Chuo University enabled 3D-selective deformation of “photomobile polymer materials” with the aid of two-photon absorption processes. Spatial selectivity of ...