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The discovery of microplastics in all examined human placenta samples in a recent study shows the impact of plastics on our daily lives.The Big Picture: Dr. Shelandra Bell, Family Medicine,

The discovery of microplastics in all examined human placenta samples in a recent study shows the impact of plastics on our daily lives.The Big Picture: Dr. Shelandra Bell, Family Medicine,

Pollutants from burning fossil fuels have been found embedded in corals, for the first time, offering scientists a potential new tool to track the history of pollution, finds a new study led by UCL researchers.

Cosmetic companies are required to pay more to clean up microplastic pollution after the European Union reached an agreement to treat sewage. Read more here.

Scientists have mapped the largest coral reef deep in the ocean, stretching hundreds of miles off the U.S. Atlantic coast.

Several African birds of prey are seen to become locally extinct. Read more here to know why. A study said that birds of prey in Africa could face extinction as 90 percent of these species have been under threat.

Just like us, corals breathe in oxygen and eat organic carbon. And just like us, as a byproduct of converting energy and oxygen in the body, corals produce reactive oxygen species (ROS), a family of chemical compounds that are naturally made by cells during cell division, while fighting off pathogens, and performing other physiological functions.

An estimated 50,000 shipwrecks can be found around the UK's coastline and have been acting as a hidden refuge for fish, corals and other marine species in areas still open to destructive bottom towed fishing, a new study has shown.

Algae living within the soft tissue of coral supply much of the energy needed by their hosts, and some symbiotic algae help coral withstand warmer water better than others. In a recently published study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, researchers have found that there was a tradeoff for corals dominated by the thermally sensitive algae—they have higher growth, but only in cooler water.

Pollution can spread long distances as microplastics have reached Japan's Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama. Read more here.