A study has shed light on tourism's outsized role in pollution in a coastal ecosystem. The research, which focused on Gili ...

Hot food may cause plastic containers to release much more microplastics, according to a new review of studies that offers ...

New research suggests hot drinks in plastic-lined cups can release microplastics into what we drink, raising uncomfortable ...

Microbubbles in the tap water you just poured into a plastic glass are strong enough to create tiny abrasions on the inner ...

Plastic-coated fertilizers used on farms are emerging as a major but hidden source of ocean microplastics. A new study found ...

The simple coffee choice that could reduce your exposure to microplastics - Higher surface roughness of polythene cups may ...

Studies have reported microplastics in human organs, but scientists now warn weak methods and contamination may be overstating the evidence and fuelling public fear.

This week’s furore is microplastics researchers’ ozone moment. If they fail, the powerful plastics lobby will step into the breach, says science journalist and author Debora MacKenzie ...

Editorial: Errors in measuring microplastic pollution can be corrected. Public trust in science also needs to be shored up ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...