UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year nioz.nl Submitted by giuliomagnifico t3_10nlduu on January 28, 2023 at 6:08 PM in science 133 comments 977
tcrex2525 t1_j6axra7 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:54 AM This headline is very misleading. It does not “disappear” it settles to the ocean floor when it is more likely to enter the food chain. Permalink 2
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