Microplastics in Texas bays are being swept out to sea

ScienceDaily
May 14, 2025, 1:22 pm99 pts
When researchers went searching for microplastics in sediments pulled from the bottom of Matagorda Bay and its surrounding inlets, they didn't find much. Most of their samples contained only tens to hundreds of microplastic particles for each kilogram of sediment. This is hundreds to thousands of times less…

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