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https://www.wired.com/story/plastic-rain-is-the-new-acid-rain/

Plastic Rain Is the New Acid Rain

2020-06-11 20:16:53, Matt Simon, Wired

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Word Count:
1863

Words/Sentence:
24

Reading Time:
12.42 min

Reading Quality:
Adept

Readability:
13th to 15th

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But microplastic has already corrupted even the most remote environments, and there's no way to scrub water or land or air of the particles-the stuff is absolutely everywhere, and it's not like there's a plastic magnet we can drag through the oceans.

They're flowing into the oceans via wastewater and tainting deep-sea ecosystems, and they're even ejecting out of the water and blowing onto land in sea breezes.

Researchers are just beginning to explore what this means for other organisms: One study published earlier this year found that hermit crabs exposed to microplastics have difficulties choosing new shells as they grow, a particular problem since they need those shells to survive.

This jibes with what other scientists are starting to see elsewhere around the world: Tiny pieces of plastic-largely synthetic fibers from clothes-are getting caught in the wind and spread far and wide, tainting formerly pristine habitats.

By deploying scrubbers in power plants to control the former, and catalytic converters in cars to control the latter, the US and other countries have over the last several decades cut down on the acidification problem.

Keywords
web, plastic

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