Recent research has revealed that microplastics can hinder plant photosynthesis, potentially reducing crop yields and ...

Microplastics are tiny, plastic fragments—many too small to see—found in the air, soil and water. Measuring their abundance in nature can direct cleanup resources, but current detection methods are ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Microplastics have quietly become one of the most pressing environmental challenges of our time. These microscopic plastic particles — defined ...

The trick to removing microplastics from drinking water might be much easier than we all expected. Findings published by researchers in China reveal that boiling water can be an effective way to ...

Chemist Lisa Morarend explained how ion chromatography is used to measure nitrate and other contaminants in water samples at the Fleur Drive Treatment Plant in Des Moines during a press event Tuesday.

Microplastics are ubiquitous. Though you can’t see them with the naked eye, they’re found almost everywhere — in our food, our cleaning supplies and cosmetics, our water, the air we breathe — and ...