Simulated sunlight reveals how 98% of plastics at sea go missing each year

ScienceDaily
Nov 7, 2019, 9:26 am96 pts
A new study helps to solve the mystery of missing plastic fragments at sea. Scientists selected microplastics prevalently found on the ocean surface and irradiated them with a solar simulator system. They found that simulated sunlight increased the amount of dissolved carbon in the water, making those tiny…

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