Biological pumps: How zooplankton are transporting microplastics to the ocean depths

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Jan 5, 2026, 7:59 pm180 pts
A new study has, for the first time, recorded and measured just how fast microplastics move through the gut passage of a key zooplankton species in real time—and used those measurements to estimate how much plastic these tiny animals might be transporting—and sinking down—through the ocean each day.

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