How does buoyant
#marineplastic litter get removed from the ocean surface? Only the smallest
#microplastic (< 100 micron) can reach the ocean floor through aggregation with
#marinesnow. Read more about this great PhD research from
@nanwu1112.bsky.social.
@sgrieve.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/lno....
Marine snow as vectors for microplastic transport: Multiple aggregation cycles account for the settling of buoyant microplastics to deep‐sea sediments
Many studies have reported the paradoxical observation of high concentrations of low-density microplastics (plastic particles < 5 mm) in deep-sea sediments despite their buoyancy. The incorporation o....
