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818: Matt Simon | How Microplastics Poison the Planet

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The Effects of Microplastics on Poop Pellets

Researchers found that adding microplastics to the diet of copepods makes their pellets sink much slower. This is important because those pellets end up sequestering carbon. And since they're sinking more slowly, the animals at the bottom of the ocean who also rely on these poop pellets get less from them.

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