"Our students find something on every transect on every beach." Researchers make disturbing discovery after analyzing sand ...

Scientists are sounding the alarm bell on microplastic pollution within the Great Lakes of North America, raising concerns that the tiny pieces of human-made trash may be impacting the fish and ...

However, the researchers were surprised by the extent of pollution in some lakes: although microplastic concentrations varied widely from lake to lake, in the most polluted lakes they reached or even ...

The United States and Canada should take stronger action against microplastic pollution in the Great Lakes, ... system the U.S. and Canadian governments could use to track microplastic pollution.

(KTXL) — A recent report by a research center at the University of California, Davis states that microplastic pollution is an issue in Lake Tahoe. In its 2023 Tahoe: State of the Lake Report,… ...

Sparkling Lake Tahoe may appear pristine, but its blue surface waters contain microplastic concentrations higher than those observed in ocean gyres — systems of ocean currents notorious for ...

VALPARAISO — It looked like an explosion of confetti — thousands of colorful plastic particles floated in a marshy area of George Lake. Julie Peller first observed the microplastic pollution a ...

Study lake in Norway, in an undated photograph. A study of 29 European lakes carried out by Cambridge University found that plastic pollution can be removed from lakes by naturally-occurring bacteria.

Among 152 coastal counties studied, those with very high levels of marine microplastics showed higher rates of diabetes, ...

Precipitation can wash microplastic pollution out of the air and off the land, sending the debris into waterways that will ultimately feed it into the ocean. Understanding microplastics’ aquatic ...

Every year, 11.6 million pounds of plastic trash makes its way into Lake Michigan, Chicago’s largest source of drinking water. ... How can Chicago help curb Lake Michigan microplastic pollution?

MORGANTOWN — When West Virginia University biology undergraduate student Isabella Tuzzio tested fish from central Appalachian ...