The project is also revealing where and how plastic litter is finding its way into marine environments. Plastic constitutes 70–80% of all waste in oceans, posing problems for ecosystem and ...

Researchers from Tel Aviv University found that marine creatures like ascidians can change the composition of microplastics, ...

All over the world, researchers like Magadini are staring through microscopes at tiny pieces of plastic—fibers, fragments, or microbeads—that have made their way into marine and freshwater ...