On Costa Rica’s Pacific and Caribbean beaches, an environmental crisis is emerging: microplastics. These tiny plastic fragments, originating from...

By Karen Raubenheimer It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and...

By Karen Raubenheimer, University of Wollongong It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of...

In December 2020 the space probe Hayabusa 2 brought samples of asteroid Ryugu back to Earth. Since then, the few grams of material have been through...

Proplastics Limited, a leading manufacturer of plastic pipes and related products, has reported a loss of US$71,875 for the half-year ended June 30,...

Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal...

Logging has been stopped by the NSW Forestry Corporation in a Clarence Valley state forest after eggs found in an endangered Coastal Emu nest hatched...

Logging has been stopped by the NSW Forestry Corporation in a Clarence Valley state forest after eggs found in an endangered Coastal Emu nest hatched...

The growing danger of microplastics is evident as they are increasingly found in human tissues and common foods. A recent study detected microplastics...

The growing danger of microplastics is evident as they are increasingly found in human tissues and common foods. A recent study detected microplastics...