microplastics

Tire Dust Makes Up the Majority of Ocean Microplastics, Study Finds

Photo: Getty Images When contemplating the emissions from road vehicles, our first thought is often about the various gases coming out of…

2 years ago

Fiberglass – An Overlooked Aquatic Pollutant

From garbage gyres that choke aquatic life to microplastics that accumulate in the human body, plastic pollution in the ocean is a huge problem. People are…

2 years ago

Groundbreaking Hunt to Check for Microplastics in Drinking Water

Photo: California will become the first state to test drinking water sources for microplastics, like the kinds captured in this…

3 years ago

Microplastics pollution is filtering up into the fish we eat

Photo: Fish and plastic (Getty Images/Sergi Escribano) Oysters, tuna and other wild-caught fish we eat often contain plastic As an agrarian…

3 years ago

Tracking microplastics ‘fingerprints’

Photo: Post storm debris made up mostly of plastics and vegetation is scattered across the high tide line in 2019.…

3 years ago