Earlier this year, a study found that plastic particles in the oceans have reached over 170 trillion between 1979 and 2019. It also said that this number could triple by 2040 if the world fails to take action against plastic pollution. In the year 2020,
With increasing environmental pollution and drastic climatic changes, microplastics have been under constant scrutiny. These tiny plastic particles are found everywhere – in the air, soil, and water – even, in human blood. Amid the rising environmental and health concerns, an MIT research team has
Microplastics are one of the major environmental pollutants in the world today. From the Antarctic snow to the top of Mount Everest and even human blood, microplastics are circulating everywhere. However, their worst impact is on our vast oceans. When the plastics break down into
The world is making efforts to combat ocean pollution caused by microplastics and oil spillage. However, a new type of pollution is discovered by a team of researchers in the Canary Islands. In a new study, the researchers have termed this new ocean plastic pollution
Panoramic Antarctica has been a pristine, mostly untouched wildness without any human interruptions for so long. That’s until the increased influx of humans and their omnipresent plastic material began to tarnish the frozen continent. A study mentions that Antarctica has five times greater microplastics in
Microplastics have reached the farthest corners of the planet, from the bottom of the ocean to the summit of Mount Everest. But for the first time ever, microplastics have been detected in human blood, as scientists discovered tiny units in almost all of the people
Every other day, microplastics or nanoplastics are being detected in places we least expect. For instance, tiny plastic particles, including tire dust have been found in ice cores dating back five decades, showing how human advancement has brought global contamination upon the planet. A new
Microplastics have become a huge environmental issue that are hard to separate from an ecosystem. As they are incredibly tiny in size and hard to see with the naked eye, it is almost impossible to clean these plastic particles. While expensive filters remove tiny plastic
Just like the Almighty, microplastics are present everywhere including earth’s troposphere where the gush of winds allow these particles to travel long distances, revealed a study. Even the so-called clean mountain air contains microplastics. Quite similar to the law of conservation of energy, microplastics can
With the growing usage of plastic, our so-called “green planet” is soon going to turn into a “plastic-planet”. Earlier, the invention of plastic was considered to be a solution to sustain natural resources on the earth, but contrarily, the very creation has now sabotaged its