Scientists discovered human-made microplastics in the hindguts of amphipods from the Challenger Deep, the deepest point on ...

The atmosphere is an important transport medium that carries microplastics to even the most remote parts of the world. These ...

Fish in some of the world's most remote regions are being contaminated by plastic pollution, reveals new research.

An international team of scientists has moved beyond just 'scratching the surface,' to understand how microplastics move through and impact the global ocean. For the first time, scientists have mapped ...

Tiny plastic particles drifting through the oceans may be quietly weakening one of Earth’s most powerful climate defenses.

For years, scientists suspected that waves breaking on plastic-littered seas were a major source of the tiny fragments now ...

Microplastics are everywhere, but new research points to a need to standardize measurements of microparticles.

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2025 — The ocean is saturated with microplastics. While we know the location of the great garbage patches, where plastic particles may accumulate below the ocean surface remains ...

Marine plastic pollution is a global crisis, with 9 to 14 million metric tons of plastic entering the ocean every year. Tiny fragments called microplastics – ranging from 1 micron to 5 millimeters – ...