In a new paper by faculty and students in LSU Chemical Engineering and Chemistry published in ACS Environmental Au, the group details its research into the effects of weathering on microplastics and ...

Improper plastic waste management contributes to environmental accumulation and poses significant risks to marine ecosystems and human health. Once in aquatic environments, plastics undergo weathering ...

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The weathering rates of all columns decreased through time, with the biotic columns yielding the largest weathering rates throughout the experiment compared to the abiotic columns (Fig. 1A). Based on ...

This summer Biosphere 2, the glassed-in ecosystem in the Arizona desert, will go with the flow. The largest-ever experiment to study how water moves through the landscape is set to start there next ...

Rocks, rain and carbon dioxide help control Earth's climate over thousands of years -- like a thermostat -- through a process called weathering. A new study may improve our understanding of how this ...