Recent study finds ten million tonnes of plastic bits end up in the ocean, released with the ocean spray, and find their way into the atmosphere.
Microplastics may have become an essential component of clouds, contaminating nearly everything people eat and drink via ‘plastic rainfall’.
Scientific literature has shown that microplastics infiltrate animal stomachs and even human blood. Significant quantities also end up in seas and oceans. For this study, recently published in the journal Environmental Chemistry Letters, the research team collected “cloud water” from the tops of Mount Oyama and Mount Fuji, located southwest of the city of Tokyo and rising to altitudes of between 1,300 and 3,776 meters.
The accumulation of MPAs in the atmosphere, particularly in polar regions, could lead to significant changes in the planet’s ecological balance, including a severe loss of biodiversity.
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