Marine mussels are commonly used to monitor water quality in coastal areas. Credit: University of Plymouth Microscopic fibers created during the laundry cycle can cause…
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Plastic pollution is ubiquitous today, with microplastic particles from disposable goods found in natural environments throughout the globe, including Antarctica. But how those particles move…
Zobellella denitrificans ZD1 bacteria feed on sludge (both shown in test tube) to make biodegrade bioplastics. Credit: Dr. Kung-Hui (Bella) Chu Salt-Tolerant Bacteria With an…
Emerging environmental contaminants, both chemicals, and particulates, have been a concern for risk scientists for many years. Methods for reducing health and environmental risks from…
Researcher Melissa Tumen-Velasquez works with microbes to understand how the organisms consume plastics and break them into chemical components that can be used to make…
Multilayer plastic materials are ubiquitous in food and medical supply packaging, particularly since layering polymers can give those films specific properties, like heat resistance or…
High-elevation climbers and Sherpa at the Balcony during the National Geographic and Rolex Perpetual Planet Everest Expedition. Credit: Baker Perry, National Geographic Scientists have identified…
Based on different commercially available raw materials (e.g., TiO2-mica, Fe2O3-mica), a variety of all-natural bioinspired structural materials with different colors can be fabricated. Credit: GUAN…
A team of leading environmental experts, spearheaded by the University of Nottingham, have warned that the current war on plastic is detracting from the bigger…
Stand in the soda pop aisle at the supermarket, surrounded by rows of brightly colored plastic bottles and metal cans, and it’s easy to conclude…
Bio-based and biodegradable plastic is no safer than other plastic. Bioplastics may be not produced from oil, but that’s about the only benefit, researchers say.…
The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme ‘cocktail’ which can digest plastic up to six times faster. A second…
[embedded content] Research lays out viable pathway to “break the plastic wave.” A new analysis by The Pew Charitable Trusts and SYSTEMIQ finds that without…
Nano solid acids that transform carbon dioxide directly to fuel(dimethyl ether) and plastic waste into chemicals (hydrocarbons). Credit: Ayan Maity,TIFR, Mumbai Solid acids are amongst…
Thermoset polymers, found in car parts and electrical appliances, have to be durable and heat-resistant, but typically cannot be easily recycled or broken down after…
Researchers examined filters from field sites in several national parks and wilderness areas and did visual counts of microplastic beads and fragments deposited by wind…
Almost 13,000 tonnes of microfibers, equivalent to two rubbish trucks every day, are being released into European marine environments every year. A new study has…
Bacteria from the gut of superworms can degrade polystyrene (white material). Credit: Adapted from Environmental Science & Technology 2020, DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.0c01495 Resembling giant mealworms, superworms…
On the surface of the newly developed catalyst (PtGa-Pb/SiO2), Pt1 sites remain exposed to facilitate catalytic reaction while Pt3 sites (and Ga3 sites) shown with…
Microplastics are delivered to the ocean through rivers carrying industrial and domestic wastewater, carried down submarine canyons by powerful avalanches of sediment (turbidity currents) and…