The reported releases of microplastics ranged from a few hundred particles to over 8 million particles per liter in a new ...

Researchers warn that the heat from your morning coffee or tea could be releasing microscopic plastic particles into your ...

It's 7:45am. You grab a takeout coffee from your local café, wrap your hands around the warm cup, take a sip, and head to the ...

Scientists have revealed which countries have the highest consumption of microplastics through our food and through the air. So how does the U.S. compare? Microplastics refer to any plastics smaller ...

New measurements of fine microplastic particles suspended in the air in homes and cars suggest that humans may be inhaling far greater amounts of lung-penetrating microplastics than previously thought ...

The Rising Waters team regularly receives questions about flooding, sea-level rise and climate change impacts. This week, readers asked us to explain the best way to remove microplastic from drinking ...

Your kitchen might be spotless, your meals fresh and carefully prepared. Yet something invisible is ending up on your plate.

Microplastics reach polar regions through long-distance ocean currents, atmospheric transport, and migratory species ...

LONDON,ENGLAND - March 2025: In this photo illustration, fragments of plastic on fingers England. (Photo by Peter Dazeley/Getty Images) While we live in the Plastics Age, and it may no longer be a ...

CLEVELAND — In the waters of Lake Erie is a small, but abundant threat. Microplastics, plastic particles under 5 millimeters in size. A major source? Doing the laundry. "Really that was our mission ...