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Oceans Suck a Lot of Plastic From the Air

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Humanity produces and uses enormous quantities of plastic. A good part of it is thrown away carelessly and ends up in the next water, where it decays into microplastics. The plastic particles get into the air by wind and then sprays into the air. That was at least the assumption so far. An international research team turns the theory around: The oceans swallow about 15 percent of the microplastic particles in the air, the researchers from Shangh…
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Humanity produces and uses enormous quantities of plastic. A good part of it is thrown away carelessly and ends up in the next water, where it decays into microplastics. The plastic particles get into the air by wind and then sprays into the air. That was at least the assumption so far. An international research team turns the theory around: The oceans swallow about 15 percent of the microplastic particles in the air, the researchers from Shangh…

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infosperber broke the news in on Monday, June 2, 2025.
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