A combination of sewage overflows and coastal winds could be sending billions of airborne microplastic particles into the world’s coastal towns and cities, a new study suggests.
This, they say, could have resulted in microplastics and nanoplastics known to be discharged through sewage spills being lifted from the sea – specifically, according to the meteorological data, this could have happened during almost 1,600 hours (10%) of the period studied.
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Photo Credit: This image was taken looking out across Plymouth Sound (UK) during Storm Eunice in February 2022. The area was the focus of new research which analysed existing records on two years of combined sewer overflows into Plymouth Sound, alongside same-day and long-term meteorological and satellite data (Credit: University of Plymouth)
