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Microplastics
Microplastics: are very small pieces of plastic that pollute the environment. Microplastics are not a specific kind of plastic, but rather any type of plastic fragment that is less than 5 mm in length.
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SEP 04, 2019Health & Medicine
Microplastics have infiltrated the planet, from remote mountain regions to the deepest parts of the ocean. Because of th ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 20, 2019Earth & The Environment
Plastic was the furthest thing from Gregory Wetherbee’s mind when he began analyzing rainwater samples collected f ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 17, 2019Earth & The Environment
Research recently published in the journal Science Advances from scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Helm ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 09, 2019Chemistry & Physics
A new invention that removes microplastics from water was designed by 18-year-old Fionn Ferreira -- winner of the Google ...Written By: Julia TraversJUL 22, 2019Earth & The Environment
What do you think of when you hear the words, "plastic pollution"? Beverage bottles, straws, and packaging are ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 25, 2019Earth & The Environment
A device slated to clean up 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within five years was recently redeployed on its seco ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 17, 2019Earth & The Environment
Since 2003, the small town of Kamikatsu in western Japan has been on a mission to become “zero-waste.” In 20 ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
As announced today by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada aims to ban single-use plastics by 2021. Lakeside at the Gau ...Written By: Tiffany DazetJUN 05, 2019Health & Medicine
You’ve probably heard of microplastics by now. If you haven’t, you’ve still likely and unknowingly ing ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAY 14, 2019Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes many of the world's sea turtles as being endang ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 14, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Tiny photosynthetic microbes in the world's oceans are thought to produce nearly half of the oxygen we breathe.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 01, 2019Plants & Animals
A team of researchers in the United Kingdom was conducting river water chemical analyses when they happened upon a mind- ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 17, 2019Earth & The Environment
It’s no secret that our planet is overrun with plastic debris. Plastic debris of all sizes reaches larger bodies o ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 29, 2019Earth & The Environment
You’ve probably heard of microplastics by now—microscopic plastic debris that has littered the ocean, infilt ...Written By: Tiffany DazetMAR 10, 2019Earth & The Environment
Florida took a step back in the eyes of the environment earlier this week when the Senate Commerce and Tourism committee ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 04, 2019Earth & The Environment
The European Parliament has finally gotten on board. In a recent decision, parliament voted with a grand majority to ban ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 25, 2019Plants & Animals
It’s been more than a century since researchers last spotted the Fernandina Giant Tortoise (Cheloloidis phantastic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 13, 2019Earth & The Environment
Polyolefin is a type of polymer that composes the largest group of thermoplastics, the two most important and common typ ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 12, 2019Earth & The Environment
One researcher recently undertook an interesting strategy in order to analyze levels of microplastics in the Tennessee R ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 11, 2019Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJAN 02, 2019Chemistry & Physics
Microplastics particles (MP), often in the forms of fibers, beads, and pellets, are fragments broken off plastic waste. ...Written By: Daniel DuanDEC 31, 2018Plants & Animals
The tsunami that devastated Indonesia earlier this month did unbelievable amounts of damage to local families and commun ...Written By: Anthony BouchardDEC 05, 2018Plants & Animals
The world’s oceans are undergoing a pollution crisis the likes of which we’ve never seen before, and the uns ...Written By: Anthony BouchardSEP 07, 2018Earth & The Environment
Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup in 2013 when he was just 18 years old in his hometown of Delft, the Netherland ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
SEP 04, 2019
Health & Medicine
Microplastics have infiltrated the planet, from remote mountain regions to the deepest parts of the ocean. Because of th
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 20, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Plastic was the furthest thing from Gregory Wetherbee’s mind when he began analyzing rainwater samples collected f
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 17, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Research recently published in the journal Science Advances from scientists at the Alfred Wegener Institute and the Helm
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 09, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
A new invention that removes microplastics from water was designed by 18-year-old Fionn Ferreira -- winner of the Google
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUL 22, 2019
Earth & The Environment
What do you think of when you hear the words, "plastic pollution"? Beverage bottles, straws, and packaging are
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 25, 2019
Earth & The Environment
A device slated to clean up 50% of the Great Pacific Garbage Patch within five years was recently redeployed on its seco
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 17, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Since 2003, the small town of Kamikatsu in western Japan has been on a mission to become “zero-waste.” In 20
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
As announced today by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Canada aims to ban single-use plastics by 2021. Lakeside at the Gau
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
JUN 05, 2019
Health & Medicine
You’ve probably heard of microplastics by now. If you haven’t, you’ve still likely and unknowingly ing
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAY 14, 2019
Plants & Animals
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recognizes many of the world's sea turtles as being endang
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 14, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Tiny photosynthetic microbes in the world's oceans are thought to produce nearly half of the oxygen we breathe.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 01, 2019
Plants & Animals
A team of researchers in the United Kingdom was conducting river water chemical analyses when they happened upon a mind-
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 17, 2019
Earth & The Environment
It’s no secret that our planet is overrun with plastic debris. Plastic debris of all sizes reaches larger bodies o
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 29, 2019
Earth & The Environment
You’ve probably heard of microplastics by now—microscopic plastic debris that has littered the ocean, infilt
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
MAR 10, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Florida took a step back in the eyes of the environment earlier this week when the Senate Commerce and Tourism committee
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 04, 2019
Earth & The Environment
The European Parliament has finally gotten on board. In a recent decision, parliament voted with a grand majority to ban
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 25, 2019
Plants & Animals
It’s been more than a century since researchers last spotted the Fernandina Giant Tortoise (Cheloloidis phantastic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 13, 2019
Earth & The Environment
Polyolefin is a type of polymer that composes the largest group of thermoplastics, the two most important and common typ
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 12, 2019
Earth & The Environment
One researcher recently undertook an interesting strategy in order to analyze levels of microplastics in the Tennessee R
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 11, 2019
Plants & Animals
Climate change impacts all kinds of wild animals, including several varieties of sea turtles – many of which are n
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JAN 02, 2019
Chemistry & Physics
Microplastics particles (MP), often in the forms of fibers, beads, and pellets, are fragments broken off plastic waste.
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
DEC 31, 2018
Plants & Animals
The tsunami that devastated Indonesia earlier this month did unbelievable amounts of damage to local families and commun
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
DEC 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
The world’s oceans are undergoing a pollution crisis the likes of which we’ve never seen before, and the uns
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
SEP 07, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Boyan Slat founded The Ocean Cleanup in 2013 when he was just 18 years old in his hometown of Delft, the Netherland
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan