Tiny plastic particles drifting in Earth’s atmosphere could have a significant warming effect, a new study finds ...

As concern over microplastic pollution continues to grow, scientists are working to understand how these tiny particles are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ultrafine particles stem from a variety of natural and human-made sources, including vehicle exhaust. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Long ...

As plastic pollution worsens worldwide, scientists are uncovering a new and unsettling possibility. Tiny airborne fragments of plastic, known as micro- and nanoplastics, may do more than pollute the ...

A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world’s coastal towns and cities, a new study suggests. Scientists analysed ...

As plastic pollution worsens worldwide, scientists are uncovering a new and unsettling possibility. Tiny airborne fragments of plastic, known as micro- and nanoplastics, may do more than pollute the ...

A new study by the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics at the University of Vienna has challenged many of the existing ...

Researchers in the Southwest have, for the first time, discovered a specific group of toxic airborne particles in the U.S. University of Colorado Boulder researchers were conducting a field study in ...

A new study in Nature Climate Change reveals that airborne microplastics and nanoplastics can absorb sunlight and significantly warm the atmosphere, especially in regions above ocean garbage patches.