Californians can glimpse up to 15 meteors each hour under cloudless skies while the Lyrid meteor shower is underway. The ...

Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is reassuring residents of the city that their water is safe to drink after announcing a sewage ...

A recently awarded state power allocation to Micro Bird, the electric bus manufacturer set to replace Nova Bus at its Banker ...

On the March 15 flight count on the lower Columbia River, Rocky Point/Tongue Point line upstream to Bonneville Dam there were 32 salmonid boats and 15 Washington bank rods tallied between Warrior Rock ...

These microplastics are less than 5mm in size and some of them are as small as 1 micron (micrometer), meaning that 10,000 of them could easily fit inside an average plant or animal cell.

Microplastics—tiny plastic particles—are now found in air, soil, and water, reaching plants worldwide ... been found everywhere from Antarctic ice to human organs. While scientists have ...

Now, a new study suggests microplastics are hindering plants’ ability to generate energy through photosynthesis, with devastating potential impacts to key crops. This plastic-induced stress on ...

It is a vital biological process that occurs in plants, algae and some bacteria. From human brains to the depths of the ocean, microplastics are being found everywhere. They are present in our air, ...

The study claims that microplastics negatively affect plants' capacity for photosynthesis, which is causing vital crops like maize, rice, and wheat to cease to exist. Experts estimate that between ...

“Fifty-one years. That’s a long time; my mom and dad started this in 1974," said Laron Hilke. The Hilke's ice plant was destroyed in a fire on June 19, 2024. Later that month, they maintained ...