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Microplastics

Intake for fine particle pump at Pic du Midi Observatory (French Pyrenees).

Environment

Microplastics in French mountain air may have crossed Atlantic Ocean

Microplastics travelled thousands of kilometres across oceans and continents in a fast-moving layer of the atmosphere before being captured on a mountain in the French Pyrenees

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A wave carrying plastic waste

Environment

Ships could clean up the ocean by turning marine plastic into fuel

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Airborne microplastic sampling station

Environment

Microplastics in the air have a small cooling effect on our climate

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Microplastic fibres affect plants by impacting soil as much as drought

Environment

Microplastic fibres affect plants by impacting soil as much as drought

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Microplastics found across the Arctic may be fibres from laundry

Environment

Microplastics found across the Arctic may be fibres from laundry

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2021 preview: We will find out if microplastics are harming our cells

Earth

2021 preview: We will find out if microplastics are harming our cells

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Microplastics left in water are more easily absorbed by mouse cells

Environment

Microplastics left in water are more easily absorbed by mouse cells

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baby and bottle

Health

Plastic baby bottles shed millions of microplastics when shaken

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washing machine drum

Environment

Washing our clothes has created 5.6 million tonnes of microfibre waste

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