This beautiful video of plankton eating plastic is also a little disturbing

Grist
By Grist staffJul 10, 2015, 3:53 pm43 pts
Here’s a slightly alarming tidbit of news for your Friday: Plankton — that wonderful array of microscopic creatures floating in our water — can eat tiny bits of plastic. Why should we care? Well, for starters, plankton are the rock bottom of the food chain. And as this beautifully minimalistic video…

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