Microplastics can be found everywhere in nature—from drinking water to clouds in the atmosphere—but scientists have yet to ...

Beneath the surface of tidal flats and shallow bays, lugworms spend their lives swallowing sediment, digesting organic matter ...

When researchers went searching for microplastics in sediments pulled from the bottom of Matagorda Bay and its surrounding inlets, they didn't find much. Most of their samples contained only tens to ...

What do microplastics, water color, and satellites have in common? Dr. Karl Kaiser, professor of marine and coastal environmental science in the College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies at ...

The widespread presence of microplastics in the environment is a consequence of improper plastic waste management and the continuous rise in global plastic production, which increased from 1.3 million ...

The first results of the pioneering scientific research project launched earlier this year have catalogued microplastic particles in the sea water, sediment and animals in Antarctica. (Image: IAEA) ...

A map of the Matagorda Bay system along the Texas coast showing the type and quantity of microplastics that researchers found in sediment samples. The inset images shows microscopic images of ...

What do microplastics, water color, and satellites have in common? Dr. Karl Kaiser, professor of marine and coastal environmental science in the College of Marine Sciences and Maritime Studies at ...