mennessä CrNet Oy | huhti 8, 2024 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
The research looked at how two different types of plastic break down when tested in extreme conditions. A newly developed plant-based plastic material releases nine times less microplastics than conventional plastic when exposed to sunlight and seawater, a new study...
mennessä CrNet Oy | marras 16, 2023 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
From the depths of the seas to snow on mountains and even the air above cities, microplastics are turning up increasingly often. Now, in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers have analyzed microplastics in clouds above mountains. They suggest...
mennessä CrNet Oy | touko 11, 2022 | Science and Research News of Sustainable Development
Farmlands across Europe are potentially the biggest global reservoir of microplastics due to the high concentrations found in fertilisers derived from sewage sludge, new research has shown. Scientists from Cardiff University and the University of Manchester estimate...
