EnvironmentFertilisers are a major source of microplastic pollution in soil Soil samples from a long-running UK experiment show that microplastic pollution has risen sharply in the past 50 years and is much higher in fields treated with organic or inorganic fertilisers 51¶¯Âþ
EnvironmentHigh-flying microplastics could pose a threat to the ozone layer Experiments suggest microplastic fragments with irregular shapes settle more slowly than spherical ones and may reach the stratosphere 51¶¯Âþ