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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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JUL 24, 2018Videos
Footage from a video taken by “Parley for the Ocean” on July 14, 2018, shows an actual wave of plastic washi ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 24, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Looks can be very deceiving: pristine, pure-like grains of sea salt can be the perfect trojan horse for the invasion of ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 03, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Once considered the crown jewel of industrial evolution, the prevalence of plastics has been slowly becoming one of the ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 01, 2018Plants & Animals
Loggerhead sea turtle populations have a rough time keeping up as it is, but humankind’s excessive use of plastic ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 19, 2018Earth & The Environment
Roughly one million plastic water bottles are bought around the world every minute. That’s 20,000 per second. Less ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 15, 2018Videos
Microplastics have turned up in drinking water of all kinds, research has shown. Bottled water was found to have an aver ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 13, 2018Earth & The Environment
It’s no news that microplastics are invading our oceans and through biomagnification, our food chains. But a recen ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanFEB 06, 2018Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution had sounded an alarm on the state of microplastics, ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 27, 2017Videos
Giant Larvaceans are small filter feeders in the ocean that trap tiny bits of food in order to survive, but a new study ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 24, 2018
Videos
Footage from a video taken by “Parley for the Ocean” on July 14, 2018, shows an actual wave of plastic washi
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 24, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Looks can be very deceiving: pristine, pure-like grains of sea salt can be the perfect trojan horse for the invasion of
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 03, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Once considered the crown jewel of industrial evolution, the prevalence of plastics has been slowly becoming one of the
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 01, 2018
Plants & Animals
Loggerhead sea turtle populations have a rough time keeping up as it is, but humankind’s excessive use of plastic
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 19, 2018
Earth & The Environment
Roughly one million plastic water bottles are bought around the world every minute. That’s 20,000 per second. Less
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 15, 2018
Videos
Microplastics have turned up in drinking water of all kinds, research has shown. Bottled water was found to have an aver
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 13, 2018
Earth & The Environment
It’s no news that microplastics are invading our oceans and through biomagnification, our food chains. But a recen
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
FEB 06, 2018
Earth & The Environment
A new study published in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution had sounded an alarm on the state of microplastics,
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 27, 2017
Videos
Giant Larvaceans are small filter feeders in the ocean that trap tiny bits of food in order to survive, but a new study
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan