"The U.K.'s laundry releases microfibers weighing the equivalent of up to 1,500 double-decker buses every year, according to new research."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Microfibers #Pollution

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-microfiber-emit-equivalent-double-decker-buses.html

"The U.K.'s laundry releases microfibers weighing the equivalent of up to 1,500 double-decker buses every year, according to new research."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Microfibers #Pollution

https://phys.org/news/2023-02-microfiber-emit-equivalent-double-decker-buses.html

#Microfibers in the #Mediterranean are floating homes for bacteria, show @MLPedrotti@twitter.com and @LovLabo@twitter.com colleagues.
🔎 @PLOSONE@twitter.com paper: https://plos.io/3XOHKfd
📰 @newscientist@twitter.com article: https://plos.io/3XS66o9
📰 @Forbes@twitter.com article: https://plos.io/3FmoNJG

#Microfibers in the #Mediterranean are floating homes for bacteria, show @MLPedrotti@twitter.com and @LovLabo@twitter.com colleagues.
🔎 @PLOSONE@twitter.com paper: https://plos.io/3XOHKfd
📰 @newscientist@twitter.com article: https://plos.io/3XS66o9
📰 @Forbes@twitter.com article: https://plos.io/3FmoNJG

#Microfibers in the Mediterranean Sea are floating homes for #bacteria.

#eDNA

https://phys.org/news/2022-11-microfibers-mediterranean-sea-homes-bacteria.html

RT @WetTribe@twitter.com

#SecondaryMicroplastics come from degradation of larger #Plastics (the subject of clean-ups) such as plastic bags, bottles, and fishing nets, account for 69-81% of microplastics. #PrimaryMicroplastics, created as #microfibers, represent the other 15-31%. #WetTribe #TidetotheOcean

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/WetTribe/status/1594749672383447040