May 7, 2025 | Featured, Ngā Ara Whetū, Science & Technology
From the Antarctic to the deepest depths of the ocean, microplastics are found in increasingly large numbers. These tiny, seemingly inescapable plastics pose a range of threats to human health, animal life and the ecosystems on which we rely. How can we deal with this...
Aug 23, 2024 | Science & Technology
By Victor Gambarini, University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau. Photo used is Microplastic by Oregon State University, used under CC BY-SA 2.0 Marine plastic pollution is a massive environmental issue, with a plastic smog of an estimated 170 trillion particles...