Electric cars are going mainstream – Elon Musk won’t change that
Falling Tesla sales are a problem for Musk. The wider EV industry can appeal to a mass market.
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How scientists and artists can collaborate to cut through ‘ecofatigue’ and inspire positive action
Art projects can help unlock more enthusiasm from citizens for deposit return schemes, reuse pilots or new recycling sorting rules.
Wildlife, climate and plastic: how three summits aim to repair a growing rift with nature
Cali, Baku and Busan will host the conferences this autumn.
Fish in a major South African river are full of microplastics
The Vaal River, which serves more than 11 million people, is considerably polluted with microplastics.
Microplastics may pose a greater threat to the base of marine food webs
We need to advance our understanding of the effects of microplastics on aquatic ecosystems, especially on small animals at the base of food webs that might be ingesting more of these particles.
Scientists may be overestimating the amount of microplastics in the environment – and the culprit is lab gloves
Tiny particles from certain lab gloves look like microplastics, and they can contaminate samples, new study finds.
Plastic is now part of our planet’s fabric – a scientist and archaeologist discuss what happens next
Academics from different disciplines come Head to Head in this series to tackle topical debates.
Microplastics aren’t just a problem for the ocean – they’re in our soils too
Microplastics are polluting soil worldwide, but it’s often hard to analyse the impact. New research shows how we can assess the scale of the problem using modelling.
Study links microplastics with human health problems – but there’s still a lot we don’t know
Microplastics are created when everyday products – including clothes, food and beverage packaging, home furnishings, plastic bags, toys and toiletries – degrade.
More than 1,200 tonnes of microplastics are dumped into Aussie farmland every year from wastewater sludge
We must stop using biosolids for farmlands immediately, especially when alternative ways to recycle wastewater sludge already exist.
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