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Within a couple of months, a new tool for measuring underwater microplastics could be dipping into coastal ocean waters. Victoria-based Ocean ­Diagnostics Inc. has completed the final commercial . . .

Vicki Beaver / Alamy Polyester fibres make up nearly three-quarters of microplastic pollution in the Arctic and probably come from textile manufacturing and household laundry. We already knew that microplastics are present in the Arctic, but new research shines a light on the source of these tiny fragments. Peter Ross at the University of British Columbia in Canada and his colleagues examined seawater samples from 71 locations across the Arctic taken from 3 to 8 metres below the surface. Advert...