What impact do microplastics have on marine species? How can scientists identify marine microplastics? And why should we care? Euronews Tech Talks travelled to the Flanders...
Identifying microplastics in the ocean can be challenging due to their small size and irregular shape. But there are technologies that help overcome these difficulties. Nelle...
With the beauty industry booming, how much do we really know about the products we apply onto our skin and the regulations making sure they are...
The word “microplastics” appeared for the first time in 2004, coined by Richard Thompson, now a marine biology professor at the University of Plymouth. Over the...
A five-month study carried out in the French Pyrenees has shown that microplastics can travel a distance of up to 95 kilometres. That means remote and...
How will the EU’s Zero Pollution Action Plan cut microplastics by 30% by 2030? Euronews spoke with Jean François Ghiglione, a marine microbiologist and research director...
We can’t see them, but they’re almost everywhere: in the sea, in our food, in the air we breathe. We’re talking about microplastics. They can absorb...
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