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19 May 2022 6:37 pm AEST
Microplastics Threaten Typical Remote Cryospheric Regions
17 May 2022 9:38 pm AEST
Observing microplastic cycle
14 May 2022 3:46 am AEST
IAEA Presents Nuclear Solutions for Plastic Pollution and Carbon Dioxide Removal at UN Forum
12 May 2022 11:03 pm AEST
Almost ready to row – and to make big scientific contribution
10 May 2022 7:02 pm AEST
Micro- and nanoplastic from atmosphere is polluting ocean
9 May 2022 7:26 pm AEST
Citizen science study detects vast amount of microplastics in Catalan bathing areas
7 May 2022 12:28 pm AEST
European farmland could be biggest global reservoir of microplastics, study suggests
26 Apr 2022 7:02 pm AEST
Pathogens can hitch ride on plastic to reach sea
26 Apr 2022 4:04 am AEST
Researchers use machine learning to speed up counting of microplastics
19 Apr 2022 2:38 am AEST
Chemistry lab’s focus on plastics inspires Earth Day cleanup
5 Apr 2022 7:01 pm AEST
Global “plastic flood” reaches Arctic
5 Apr 2022 6:44 pm AEST
Australia-India Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative Partnership grant recipients
28 Mar 2022 7:08 am AEDT
Eating plastic makes for smaller mussels
22 Mar 2022 8:03 pm AEDT
Cooking up way to remove microplastics from wastewater – with okra, aloe
21 Mar 2022 6:14 pm AEDT
TSU and IISER are studying microplastic in living beings
18 Mar 2022 3:04 am AEDT
European floating microplastics may accumulate in Arctic Ocean
1 Mar 2022 12:06 pm AEDT
Tiny tire particles inhibit growth of organisms in freshwater, coastal estuaries, studies find
28 Feb 2022 9:26 pm AEDT
New research confirms multi-billion dollar impact of air pollution on natural vegetation and crops
22 Feb 2022 8:34 pm AEDT
UN human rights experts urge treaty to address ‘plastic tide’
10 Feb 2022 11:38 pm AEDT
Risk assessments for microplastic within reach
3 Feb 2022 3:38 am AEDT
UN partnership aims to combat microplastics in cigarettes
2 Feb 2022 1:03 am AEDT
Impossible to prevent children from ingesting microplastics
21 Jan 2022 8:14 pm AEDT
Solving global impact of microplastics
13 Jan 2022 10:44 pm AEDT
‘chemical cocktail’ of sewage, slurry and plastic is polluting English rivers
13 Jan 2022 6:08 am AEDT
Microplastic pollution linger in rivers for years before entering oceans
13 Jan 2022 12:02 am AEDT
Clothes dryers are an underappreciated source of airborne microfibers
7 Jan 2022 11:44 am AEDT
Microplastics Are Widespread in Soils of Tropical Areas
23 Dec 2021 2:26 am AEDT
People with IBD have more microplastics in their feces, study says
23 Dec 2021 12:02 am AEDT
People with IBD have more microplastics in their feces
22 Dec 2021 3:02 am AEDT
Microplastic discovered in ‘pristine’ Pyrenees mountain air
17 Dec 2021 3:34 am AEDT
Race with purpose
17 Dec 2021 2:59 am AEDT
Origin Duke Forest
8 Dec 2021 10:44 pm AEDT
Microplastics found to be harmful to human cells
8 Dec 2021 12:12 am AEDT
Plastics in agrifood systems: good, bad and ugly
7 Dec 2021 12:28 am AEDT
Microplastic pollution aids drug resistance
4 Dec 2021 5:56 am AEDT
Angela Loh ’23 is engineering for impact
1 Dec 2021 9:28 pm AEDT
Whale poop reveals plastics problem: three million microplastics per day
30 Nov 2021 5:30 pm AEDT
TSU study on microplastic in Yenisei published in Water
30 Nov 2021 3:28 am AEDT
Tracking down microplastics in Antarctica
29 Nov 2021 10:12 pm AEDT
Big-city coastal whales consume millions of microplastics every day
17 Nov 2021 7:02 am AEDT
Fishing for solutions to plastic problem
16 Nov 2021 5:52 am AEDT
Scientists contaminating their own samples? we may be emitting clouds of microfibers
3 Nov 2021 3:46 pm AEDT
Bianca finds bird call too strong to ignore
1 Nov 2021 2:22 pm AEDT
Wools eco rating challenge in EU
28 Oct 2021 11:15 am AEDT
Twenty-four trillion pieces of microplastics in ocean and counting
22 Oct 2021 7:19 am AEDT
Scientists part of team that points to strong connection between climate change, plastics pollution
21 Oct 2021 2:38 pm AEDT
NZ study finds airborne microplastics directly impact climate change
21 Oct 2021 5:06 am AEDT