Japanese researchers have discovered a concerning amount of microplastics are now appearing in our clouds.
The increase of plastic pollution over the past several decades has not only been linked to cancer, infertility, and immune diseases, but it has also been linked to inflammatory bowel disease, and we’ve even seen plastic particles appearing in fish and other foods that we eat. The discovery of microplastics in the clouds is yet another reminder of how far our effect on the environment goes.
The big concern here, of course, is that the presence of microplastics within our clouds could further affect the climate, forcing morethan ever before. These microplastics can then travel to other parts of the world, where they can be introduced into different environments and affect different animals and plants. But many hydrophilic polymers were also discovered, which could play a huge part in rapid cloud formation and thus affect climate systems more intensely.
The researchers say they discovered 6.7 to 13.9 pieces of plastic within each liter of cloud water they analyzed. That’s an insane amount of microplastics to find in a single liter of water, especially water that is being rained back down upon our planet at any given time.
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