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Researchers Examine the Persistence of Invisible Plastic Pollution

Plastic pollution – tiny bits of plastic, smaller than a grain of sand – is everywhere, a fact of life that applies even to newborn rodents, according to a Rutgers Health study published in the journal Science of the Total Environment.

Wastewater Bacteria can Break Down Plastic for Food

Researchers have long observed that a common family of environmental bacteria, Comamonadacae, grow on plastics littered throughout urban rivers and wastewater systems.

Funding Boost to Drive our Understanding of the UK Environment

The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) has been awarded £29.9M to deliver the National Capability for UK Challenges ‘Understanding the UK Environment’ programme.

Nature and Plastics Inspire Breakthrough in Soft Sustainable Materials

Step aside hard, rigid materials.

Hurricane Milton Rapidly Intensifies into Category 5 Hurricane, Becoming the Gulf's Strongest Late-Season Storm on Record

Hurricane Milton, the ninth hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season, rapidly intensified into a Category 5 storm in the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, October 7, 2024. The storm exploded in strength and intensity at near record pace becoming one of the most intense hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin.