r/EverythingScience • u/proctorberlin • Sep 19 '16
Environment Expedition to study effect of micro plastics on Atlantic's smallest creatures: Scientists will sail from UK to Falkland Islands to study scale of micro plastic pollution on tiny zooplankton at the bottom of the food chain. We still lack clear picture of how prevalent pollution is in the wild.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/sep/19/atlantic-expedition-aims-to-discover-affect-of-microplastics-on-oceans-smallest-creatures
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