It is a real problem: Microplastic particles are everywhere. Now a team has developed a method that allows it for the first time to precisely localise microplastic particles in the soil. The 3D ...

Soil contamination poses a serious threat to both the environment and public health across Europe. In the SOILPROM project, ...

Tiny nanoplastic fragments present in soil can make their way into the edible parts of vegetables, research has found.

The International Human Frontier Science Program Organization (HFSPO) supports 85 of the world's most outstanding young scientists with the sought after HFSP international postdoctoral fellowships for ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics in soils are a growing environmental problem. The extent to which agricultural crops absorb these particles and whether they end up in food has so far been difficult to ...

Soil contaminated with harmful perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl substances (PFAS) is difficult to clean, a complete remediation is often not possible. Perfluorinated and polyfluorinated alkyl ...

A team of archaeologists discovered tiny microplastic particles in deposits located more than seven meters deep, in samples dating back to the first or early second century and excavated in the late ...