Nanoplastics: the invisible waste polluting the ocean

Scientists sampling the North Atlantic with advanced mass-spectrometry techniques discovered pervasive nanoplastics, estimated at about 27 million tons in the upper ocean alone, distributed from surface waters to the seafloor. Because these sub-micron particles can infiltrate organisms and move through food webs, the findings highlight an urgent need to prevent plastic waste before it degrades into forms even harder to detect and manage.

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