Plastic production is increasing sharply. This has raised concerns about the effects of microplastics (typically defined as plastic particles smaller than 5 millimetres in diameter) and nanoplastics ...

Microplastics and nanoplastics in soils are a growing environmental problem. The extent to which agricultural crops absorb ...

Researchers created a method to track nanoplastic uptake and transport in plants, detecting them in winter wheat roots during ...

They trap sediments, absorb excess nutrients and turn pollutants into less harmful substances. Now, the list of pollutants ...

Using an advanced method, researchers at TU Graz and the Centre for Electron Microscopy have detected plastic in the roots of ...