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Air-polluting microplastics have been found in rural environments in greater quantities than in urban locations, researchers say. Scientists led by the University of Leeds detected up to 500 microscopic particles of plastic per square meter per day in an area of woodland during the three-month study—almost twice as much as in a sample collected in a city center. The findings are published in the journal Environmental Pollution.


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[–] mr_might44@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

As if atmospheric nitrogen deposition wasn't enough of a problem...