While the threat that microplastics pose to human and ecological health has been richly documented and is well known, ...

The Australian Government has been working since 2002 to reduce how much PFAS are used in Australia. It has banned the import ...

It appears to be an alien planet. What is the ocean's deepest point? What lives in the Mariana Trench—and what has been discovered recently?

Since the 1960s, multiple missions—some autonomous, others manned—have sought to explore the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean, the Mariana Trench. Over 30,000 feet deep, it could completely submerge ...

Explore six of Earth’s most mysterious and largely untouched regions, from the dense Amazon's Vale do Javari and Bhutan's ...

Testing has found microplastics in rice, tea, salt, sugar, beer, processed foods, milk, bottled water, and a range of seafood ...

IN the modern age, it’s hard to imagine that there’s anywhere on Earth that we haven’t fully explored. But there are surprisingly large chunks of Earth that civilisation has yet ...

A total of 7,500 particles were estimated to be floating in each bag, which would have then been injected directly into a patient's bloodstream.

Microplastics could have carcinogenic and harmful effects on essential biological processes. Taking steps to avoid these ...