UV light from the sun slowly breaks down plastics on the ocean’s surfaces: researchers calculate that about two percent of visibly floating plastic may disappear from the ocean surface in this way each year nioz.nl Submitted by giuliomagnifico t3_10nlduu on January 28, 2023 at 6:08 PM in science 133 comments 977
NSNick t1_j69n5go wrote on January 28, 2023 at 7:17 PM Some future civilization is going to be mining these plastics that deposited before bacteria evolved to break it down just like what we're doing with fossil fuels, aren't they? Permalink 1
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