Tests on major brands of bottled water have found that nearly all of them contained tiny particles of plastic. In the largest investigation of its kind, 250 bottles bought in nine different ...

Tiny plastic particles can seem alarmingly ubiquitous and nearly impossible to get rid of — they’ve been found in food, breast milk and even clouds. But new research suggests that a simple solution ...

Through a weird trick of physics, microplastics can lead to cloud formation and could affect weather and climate ...

Microplastics are not a new problem. But scientists are just beginning to understand their behavior and properties. By ...

A University of Illinois study has new findings concerning the fate of microplastics and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS, ...

Nature is full of creatures that filter tiny particles from water, like krill, coral, and even massive whales. But one filter ...

Microplastics, tiny plastic particles, are found almost everywhere—in the air, soil, oceans, and even inside our bodies.