Microplastic (MP) contamination is a worldwide concern. Despite this, there is no standard method for assessing MP concentrations in rivers, which are the main entry points of MPs into oceans. This ...
BREMERTON — Walk any Puget Sound beach and you're bound to find plastic garbage — a soda bottle, a chunk of foam, maybe a dog's lost chew toy. But that's just the plastic pollution you can see. The ...
LANSING, MI — The state of Michigan began testing a random assortment of rivers and streams for microplastics this year. Data from the first sampling round is being analyzed and quality-checked, but ...
Federal funding for public media has been eliminated. Take action now and protect OPB's independent journalism and essential programs for everyone. The beloved characters of James Herriot’s All ...
Microplastic pollution is a threat to marine life and is found in the bodies of animals all along the food chain. Detecting microplastic pollution levels in the oceans is becoming increasingly ...
Many people have heard of the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch," a vast area of ocean between California and Hawaii where ocean currents concentrate plastic pollution. However, it turns out there may also ...
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9, 2025 — The ocean is saturated with microplastics. While we know the location of the great garbage patches, where plastic particles may accumulate below the ocean surface remains ...
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