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Scientists stunned after finding one of Earth's most remote places blanketed in dangerous material: 'Is it snowing plastic … ?'

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Scientists stunned after finding one of Earth's most remote places blanketed in dangerous material: 'Is it snowing plastic … ?'

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science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month ago

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Microplastics are tiny, sometimes imperceptible pieces of plastic that are no bigger than 5 millimeters, or the size of a pencil eraser.

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Yeah if you read the full story, they were fully expecting to find it, they were just measuring how much.

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