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Microplastics - National Geographic Society Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that result from both commercial product development and the breakdown of larger plastics As a pollutant, microplastics can be harmful to the environment and animal health
Great Pacific Garbage Patch - Education As micro plastics and other trash collect on or near the surface of the ocean, they block sunlight from reaching plankton and algae below Algae and plankton are the most common autotrophs, or producers, in the marine food web
Marine Pollution - National Geographic Society Micro plastics are less than five millimeters (0 2 inches) in diameter and have been detected in a range of marine species, including plankton and whales When small organisms that consume micro plastics are eaten by larger animals, the toxic chemicals then become part of their tissues
Explorer Profile: Martina Capriotti, Marine Biologist and . . . - Education Plastic trash in the ocean can also break down into really small pieces called microplastics, no bigger than half a centimeter (one-fifth of an inch) in size Microplastics can be ingested by both large and small animals, and even plankton
Plastic Bag Found at the Bottom of World’s Deepest Ocean Trench Subjects Biology, Conservation, Earth Science, Oceanography Photograph Golden Trevally Eating Plastic A golden trevally (Gnathanodon speciosus) eating trash on the ocean surface Many sea animals are being found with plastics and microplastics in their stomachs Photograph by Paulo de Oliveira Photograph Photograph Photograph
One Bottle at a Time - Education Approximately half of all plastic pollution is submerged below the ocean surface, much of it in the form of microplastics so small that we may never be able to clean them up completely
Plastic Pollution - Education Microplastics are tiny plastic particles that result from both commercial product development and the breakdown of larger plastics As a pollutant, microplastics can be harmful to the environment and animal health
The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Isn’t What You Think It Is What’s Really in the Patch? Microplastics make up 94 percent of an estimated 1 8 trillion pieces of plastic in the patch But that only amounts to eight percent of the total tonnage As it turns out, of the 79,000 metric tons of plastic in the patch, most of it is abandoned fishing gear—not plastic bottles or packaging drawing headlines today