SYDNEY (Reuters) - Equipped with just a pan and sieve, a group of amateur scientists comb the beach looking for tiny bits of plastic that are near invisible to the naked eye but belie their threat.
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sometimes almost impossible to see with the naked eye, these tiny plastic fragments can have devastating consequences for aquatic ...
The secluded beach off Nielsen Park had 177 pieces of microplastics found within 1sq m when surveyed by scientists in September. Scientists working for AUSMAP — the Australian Microplastic Assessment ...
AUSMAP, the Australian Microplastic Assessment Project, will gather data about micro and macroplastic pollution in the environment, including straws.