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How Emerging Tools Are Redefining Our Understanding of Ocean Microplastics

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Environment+Energy Leader
Published
Mon 05 May 2025
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Key Takeaways

  • Researchers deployed advanced sampling systems, including MOCNESS and FTIR spectroscopy, to map subsurface microplastics across 1,885 ocean stations.
  • Microplastics were found as deep as 2,000 meters, with implications for carbon cycling, marine ecology, and climate modeling.
  • The study calls for standardized global methodologies and highlights technology’s central role in future environmental monitoring.

Read More: https://www.environmentenergyleader.com/stories/how-emerging-tools-are-redefining-our-understanding-of-ocean-microplastics,75758

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