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MrGodzillahin t1_ivci5e1 wrote

Reply to comment by ViennaLager in Study: Blue Whales Swallow 10 Million Microplastic Pieces a Day by BoundariesAreFun

Idk for me, the fact that it’s a steadily increasing number is enough, as long as it’s increasing and truly impossible to remove (which it is). If there was no other pollution at all, constantly increasing microplastics means the eventual death of all life on Earth, right?

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ViennaLager t1_ivcmf1j wrote

Useless metric because it increases by default. Even if there were no more plastic to be released this number would still go up because as microplastic breaks down it turns into more pieces. What is the difference between 10 million plastic pieces of 5mm or 20 million of 2.5mm? How do you know if its more next year or just smaller pieces?

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