Researchers studying bottlenose dolphins found polyester and other plastics in every animal they tested. By Hiroko Tabuchi Scientists have found plastic pollution almost everywhere they have looked.

With recent studies having established the presence of nano and microplastic particles in the respiratory systems of both human and bird populations, new research has modeled what happens when people ...

Bottlenose dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana are exhaling microplastic fibers, according to our new research published in the journal PLOS One. In humans, inhaled ...

Current methods to recycle plastics often use expensive catalysts, harsh conditions and produce toxic byproducts. New process converts PET plastic into monomer building blocks, which can be recycled ...

When it rains, it pours … microplastics, that is. Researchers in Japan have discovered nine kinds of polymers and one rubber floating among the clouds — a worrying sign for the climate. Intrepid teams ...