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===== Microplastic-eating plankton may be worsening crisis in oceans, say scientists ===== | |||
[https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/09/microplastic-eating-plankton-worsening-crisis-oceans-plastic-pollution by Karen McVeigh 9/11/23 The Guardian] | |||
A type of zooplankton found in marine and fresh water can ingest and break down microplastics, scientists have discovered. But rather than providing a solution to the threat plastics pose to aquatic life, the tiny creatures known as rotifers could be accelerating the risk by splitting the particles into thousands of smaller and potentially more dangerous nanoplastics. | |||
=====World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert===== | =====World will be ‘unable to cope’ with volume of plastic waste in 10 years, warns expert===== | ||
