Pollution
A Junkyard in the Belly of a Whale
A candy wrapper, plastic bags, car parts, packing materials, and fishing gear… it sounds like a list of things you…
Tag: Microplastics
Biology
Germ Stowaways: How Plastic Waste Has Become an Environment for Harmful Bacteria
For over 100 years, plastic has been integrated into our everyday lives. It has been used to make life better…
Book Review
Finding Nemo was right: what you flush down the drain can impact ocean creatures
Microplastics + pharmaceuticals in your pee + increased temperatures = trouble for some fish
Human impacts
Go Green for Earth Day!
Do Mother Nature a solid with these helpful tips & tricks to go green today!
Human impacts
A Million Little Pieces….of plastic
Trillions of tiny plastic fragments are floating in the Earth’s ocean. These microplastics can attract organic pollutants, be ingested by…
Chemistry
Please Pass the Plastic
Tiny shards and fibers of plastic termed “microplastics” accumulate in seafood with unknown consequences for human health. Now, they’re turning…
Biology Human impacts Plastic Pollution
Plankton are eating plastic!
Zooplankton, the tiny animals that make up the base of marine food webs, are ingesting microplastics. Given the widespread abundance…
Plastic Pollution
Tiny plastic pieces accumulate in a huge marine filter-feeder
Scientists find microplastic pieces in the intestines of a baleen whale for the first time.
Book Review Coral Human impacts Plastic Pollution
Corals consume microplastics! Talk about an unhealthy diet!
The dangerous diet fad among marine organisms is spreading! New study shows corals consume microplastics.
Climate Change Human impacts Pollution
An accidental find: Large quantities of microplastics are in Arctic sea ice!
Multiyear sea ice formation in the Arctic Sea uptakes microplastics from seawater, effectively acting as a sink for these man-made…
Pollution
Seafood? Yes! Plastics? No!
Seafood is an important part of people’s diets worldwide, so it is crucial to understand the presence of microplastics in…
Human impacts Pollution
How Much Garbage is in the Great Pacific Garbage Patch?
There’s been a lot of news floating around about “The Great Pacific Garbage Patch”, the region of the Pacific Ocean…
Aquaculture Biology Chemistry Fisheries Hazards Human impacts Pollution
Increasing fiber in your diet… microplastic fibers, that is
Microplastics constitute the large majority of plastic pollution in our global oceans. Microplastic fibers are small fibers that might not…