Current techniques for measuring nano/microplastic (N/MP) concentrations in soil require the soil organic matter content to be separated and have limited resolution for analyzing N/MPs sized <1 m.

Researchers at the University of New England have created a low-cost, high-recovery method to extract microplastics from agricultural soils, potentially establishing a global testing standard. This ...

A team of researchers has developed a novel and simple method to measure the concentration of nano/microplastics in soils using spectroscopy at two wavelengths. The novelty of this method is that it ...

Rows of gray plastic film stretch across a field of soil. Leafy green strawberry plants poke out of holes in the top of the film. Agricultural plastics, such as this mulch film covering strawberry ...

Metal foam and a 1-yen coin for scale. Bottom left: SEM image of a silver foam showing macropores used to capture microplastics from solution. Bottom middle: SEM image of the nanoscale pores used to ...

Researchers have devised a novel and simple method to measure nano/microplastic concentrations in soil using spectroscopy at two wavelengths A team of researchers has developed a novel and simple ...