Earth Has a Hidden Plastic Problem

Scientists Are Hunting It Down (Scientific American) Trillions of tiny particles generated by our plastic-reliant society are polluting environments worldwide During a research cruise to the Sargasso Sea in fall 1971 marine biologist Ed Carpenter first noticed peculiar, white specks floating amidst the mats of brown sargassum seaweed. After some investigating he discovered they were […]

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