The new study shows that when microplastics are accidentally collected and measured with natural ocean organic particles, the carbon released by plastics during combustion appears as if it came from natural organic matter, which distorts scientists’ understanding of the ocean’s carbon cycle
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Ocean microplastics mess up carbon cycle understanding
A new study suggests that methods for carbon measuring need to be reevaluated, a move that could help better predict climate change




