Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻💻🧬 on Nostr: #HurricaneLarry dumped 100,000 #microplastics per sq. meter on #Newfoundland each day ...
#HurricaneLarry dumped 100,000 #microplastics per sq. meter on #Newfoundland each day
#Hurricane Larry was literally a perfect storm to study: Because it hadn’t touched land before reaching the island, anything it dropped would have been scavenged from the #ocean water or air, as opposed to, say, a highly populated city, where you’d expect to find lots of microplastics.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/hurricane-larry-dumped-100000-microplastics-per-sq-meter-on-newfoundland-each-day/
#Hurricane Larry was literally a perfect storm to study: Because it hadn’t touched land before reaching the island, anything it dropped would have been scavenged from the #ocean water or air, as opposed to, say, a highly populated city, where you’d expect to find lots of microplastics.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/12/hurricane-larry-dumped-100000-microplastics-per-sq-meter-on-newfoundland-each-day/