tcrex2525 t1_j6axra7 wrote on January 29, 2023 at 12:54 AM Reply to 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 by giuliomagnifico This headline is very misleading. It does not “disappear” it settles to the ocean floor when it is more likely to enter the food chain. Permalink 2
tcrex2525 t1_j6axra7 wrote
Reply to 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 by giuliomagnifico
This headline is very misleading. It does not “disappear” it settles to the ocean floor when it is more likely to enter the food chain.