Microscopic animals are busy distributing microplastics throughout the world’s soil
Our research on a remote Antarctic island found microplastics in the intestines of tiny animals.
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Microplastics and nanoplastics have been found throughout the human body – how worried should we be?
Nanoplastics have been found in the brain, lungs, arteries, semen and placenta. But the harms are still unknown.
Microplastics have even been blown into a remote corner of the Pyrenees
New research finds tiny particles in the atmosphere had been carried nearly 100km. Should we be worried?
Plastics in oceans are mounting, but evidence on harm is surprisingly weak
Plastics and microplastics in the marine environment are one of the great cause célèbre of our era. Here’s what we know and don’t know.
Scientists have puzzled over what happens to plastic as it breaks down in the ocean – our new study helps explain the mystery
Some plastic pollution lingers at the ocean’s surface for more than a century.
Car tyres shed a quarter of all microplastics in the environment – urgent action is needed
Tiny flakes of plastic, generated by the wear and tear of normal driving, eventually accumulate in the soil, in rivers and lakes, and even in our food.
We dropped over 8,000 pieces of litter into a fake river to fight plastic pollution
Understanding how plastic pollution moves in rivers is key to effective cleanup strategies.
Ten ‘stealth microplastics’ to avoid if you want to save the oceans
Microbeads from cosmetics are just a drop in the ocean. Other microplastics are more pervasive and just as dangerous.
Five things to consider about glitter this Christmas
Once unleashed, glitter gets everywhere – not just in your house, but into the environment. Time to call a halt to the glitter explosion.
Microplastic pollution and wet wipe ‘reefs’ are changing the River Thames ecosystem
It’s not just the ocean we need to worry about – plastic is accumulating in the world’s rivers, too.
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