These findings may also explain the "missing plastic problem" that has puzzled scientists, where about 70% of the plastic litter that has entered the oceans cannot be found.

The findings were made possible thanks to a new microplastic detection technique developed by the team and applied to coral for the first time.

Plastic scintillators have emerged as a robust and cost‐effective alternative to traditional inorganic materials for ionising radiation detection. Owing to their tunable chemical compositions ...

So-called conservation detection dogs are being trialled in the Riverland and Murraylands to find elusive, but once thriving, Murray Darling carpet pythons.