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6 January 2024

IAEA Scientists Embark on Antarctic Mission to Research Microplastic Impact

<p style="color:#808080">Plastic waste at Galapagos coast, Ecuador (Photo: F. Oberhaensli/IAEA) </p><p>
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Sunlight, wind and waves break down plastic debris into smaller and smaller pieces that eventually become microplastics. Exfoliants in the health and beauty industry and the synthetic fibres used in clothes and textiles also contribute to microplastic pollution. Microplastics harm marine life – they are ingested by sea animals that mistake them for food. This then enters the human food chain.
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Learn how the IAEA and its partners are helping scientists to improve how they measure this phenomenon worldwide, through an example of IAEA technical cooperation in Latin America and the Caribbean.
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<p style="color:#808080">(Text: Andrea Galindo)</p>

Photo Essay

24 October 2023

Cooperation is Key: Training Experts to Support Evidence-Based Decision Making Around the Management of Microplastics in the Ocean

News Story

5 October 2023

Protecting Our Ocean: Nuclear Techniques for Marine Emergency Response to Oil Spills

Podcast

8 June 2023

Nuclear Explained – What is Ocean Acidification?

President Emmanuel Macron of France speaks via video recording at the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee on Plastic Pollution in Paris, France, 29 May 2023. (Photo: P. Bersuder/IAEA)

News Story

5 June 2023

IAEA’s NUTEC Plastics Featured at INC-2 Meeting, Working Towards International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution

A fish that has ingested fluorescent-labelled nanoplastics. As part of NUTEC Plastics, IAEA uses nuclear and isotopic tools to conduct research on nano and microplastics to determine how they affect marine organisms. (Photo: F. Oberhaensli/IAEA)

News Story

24 March 2023

IAEA Highlights Threat of Microplastics to Marine Environment at Monaco Ocean Week

Analysis of marine microplastic extracted from sediment using vibrational spectroscopy. (Photo F. Oberhaensli/IAEA)

News Story

24 February 2023

NEW CRP: Optimizing Nuclear Techniques to Assess Microplastic Pollution in Coastal Areas (K41024)

Bulletin Article

23 January 2023

Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change and Pollution on Marine Life with Nuclear Science in Kuwait

News Story

15 December 2022

Understanding the Scale of the Microplastics Problem: IAEA Helps Harmonize Collection Protocols

News Story

28 September 2022

More Plastic Than Fish by 2050 – IAEA Event Gathers Experts Working Together to Save Marine Environments from Plastic Pollution

The IAEA has sponsored 18 early career scientists to attend the 5th International Symposium on the Ocean in a High CO2 World, Lima, 13–16 September 2022. (Photo: IAEA)

News Story

20 September 2022

Advancing Science: IAEA Supports Young Scientists at Ocean Acidification Symposium

Bulletin Article

8 August 2022

News – Biodiversity loss

IAEA Scientists Embark on Antarctic Mission to Research Microplastic Impact

Cooperation is Key: Training Experts to Support Evidence-Based Decision Making Around the Management of Microplastics in the Ocean

Protecting Our Ocean: Nuclear Techniques for Marine Emergency Response to Oil Spills

Nuclear Explained – What is Ocean Acidification?

IAEA’s NUTEC Plastics Featured at INC-2 Meeting, Working Towards International Legally Binding Instrument on Plastic Pollution

IAEA Highlights Threat of Microplastics to Marine Environment at Monaco Ocean Week

NEW CRP: Optimizing Nuclear Techniques to Assess Microplastic Pollution in Coastal Areas (K41024)

Assessing the Impacts of Climate Change and Pollution on Marine Life with Nuclear Science in Kuwait

Understanding the Scale of the Microplastics Problem: IAEA Helps Harmonize Collection Protocols

More Plastic Than Fish by 2050 – IAEA Event Gathers Experts Working Together to Save Marine Environments from Plastic Pollution

Advancing Science: IAEA Supports Young Scientists at Ocean Acidification Symposium

Plastic Pollution: Recycling with Radiation to Protect the Environment

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