You may have seen images of seabirds that have built their nests on discarded nets, lengths of rope and other plastic litter, ...

University of Waterloo researchers have pinpointed for the first time how microplastics accumulate in coral reefs, a key step ...

In an interview, Ocean Conservancy’s associate director for oceans plastics research, Dr. Britta Baechler said because of their size, microplastics are prevelent in the entire marine eco-system.

If they die, there’ll be fewer big fish—and that could rattle the food chain. marine-plastic-ocean-fish-microplasticThe naturally oily surface slicks in which many ocean fish come of age are ...

A new study has found startling levels of microplastics in the human brain, raising more concerns over plastic pollution.

In recent years, microplastics have been appearing more in human brains, University of New Mexico Health Sciences researchers ...