We need to advance our understanding of the effects of microplastics on aquatic ecosystems, especially on small animals at the base of food webs that might be ingesting more of these particles.
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Articles on Microplastic pollution
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Normally land-bound pathogens that cause deadly diseases for both humans and animals can cling to microplastics and end up in your seafood.
The Nigerian government must do more to combat increasing plastic pollution in the country.
Colonialism is manifested by the way pollution impacts the lives of Indigenous peoples in Canada. Two Indigenous environmental scientists discuss how they’ve overcome obstacles in their research.
After soil, water and food, microplastics have now entered the atmosphere, where they influence the climate system and may even change atmospheric chemistry.
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Senior Marine Ecosystem Services Researcher, Plymouth Marine Laboratory
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Chief Environmental Scientist, EPA Victoria; Honorary Professor, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Researcher, School of Chemistry, University of the Witwatersrand, University of the Witwatersrand
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Research Director, Australian Microplastic Assessment Project (AUSMAP); Honorary Senior Research Fellow, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, Davis
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Associate Professor, Obafemi Awolowo University
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Senior Lecturer, Ecotoxicology and Conservation Unit, Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science, University of Lagos
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Professor, Technoscience studies + History, University of Toronto
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Professor of Geography and Environmental Science, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Postdoctoral fellow, Marine Ecology, University of Victoria
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Academic Casual, School of Natural Sciences, Macquarie University
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Veterinary researcher, University of California, Davis
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Postdoctoral fellow, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
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PhD Student, Department of Biology, University of Victoria
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Associate Professor in Environmental Physics, University of Canterbury
