Microplastics are pervasive ocean pollutants, impacting ecosystems and human health. This article examines their lifecycle ...

concluded that flakes of paint could be one of the most abundant types of microplastic particles in the ocean. They estimated that each cubic metre of seawater contained an average of 0.01 paint ...

The researchers hope their study will inspire future work on microbial life on marine particles, due to its seemingly pivotal role in the cycling of many nutrients in the ocean.

The White House announced a five-year plan ... the former president described it costing $100 square mile to spread particles over the ocean. CNBC reports that a one percent change in the ...

Objects appear white when they reflect all light. But with fewer particles of light to reflect in the ocean, it’s difficult to have such a brilliant white. That means that whatever is in the cuticle ...

And now, CNBC reports, the White House will be officially ... Johnson in 1965 detailed a plan to spray the ocean with reflective particles with an estimated cost of $500 million per year.