Researchers from Japan and Thailand investigating microplastics in coral have found that all three parts of the coral anatomy—surface mucus, tissue, and skeleton—contain microplastics. The findings were made possible thanks to a new microplastic detection technique developed by the team and applied to coral for the first time.
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The original was posted on /r/collapse by /u/VeryBadCopa on 2024-09-22 19:41:15+00:00.

SS: This is related to collapse since we collectively dump nealry 10 million tons of plastic waste annually, the equivalent of 1/3 of the world’s total. Researchers hypothesizes that coral may be acting as a “sink” for microplastics by absorbing it from the oceans.