Microplastics seem to be everywhere – in the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat. They have turned up in ...

Early trials suggest that borrowing from filter-feeding fish anatomy could help curb plastic pollution upstream.

New research points to an unexpected way plastic pollution may be influencing Earth’s climate system. A recent study suggests ...

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

Oceans absorb about a quarter of the carbon dioxide released by human activity every year, slowing the pace of global warming ...

A team of researchers has demonstrated a cutting-edge plant-based plastic bag that can dissolve in water without producing ...

Silicone’s composition gives it a synthetic polymer structure with a silicon-oxygen backbone, making it more resistant to ...

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