Microplastics Are Present In Clouds, Confirm Japanese Scientists (www.ndtv.com)
from alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to world@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 05:32
https://sh.itjust.works/post/6147854

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EyesEyesBaby@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 07:02 next collapse

Guess I’m not traveling to Japan then

/s

StalksEveryone@futurology.today on 29 Sep 2023 11:23 next collapse

just avoid clouds

andrewta@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 12:26 collapse

Jesus Christ just walk there you’ll be fine

thefloweracidic@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 22:15 collapse

Jesus Christ could walk there indeed.

DerpyPoint@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 07:28 next collapse

Raindrops can’t form without larger particles like dust. I shudder to think how microplastics are replacing these particles

Chainweasel@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 08:40 next collapse

If they’re in the clouds then they’re in the air we breathe

Zacryon@feddit.de on 29 Sep 2023 09:06 next collapse

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FlyingSquid@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 10:18 next collapse

Okay, we get it. The Earth is made of microplastics now. It’s time to just accept we live on an Earth made of plastic and all become Barbie Girls to make it fantastic.

c0mpost@lemmy.eco.br on 29 Sep 2023 10:27 next collapse

ah ah ah yeeeah! wow! wow!

Marsupial@quokk.au on 29 Sep 2023 10:58 next collapse

This news makes me blue, dabadedabadie.

leap123@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 12:29 collapse

And everyone can also brush our hair and undress us everywhere

Wahots@pawb.social on 29 Sep 2023 21:06 collapse

Oh god, reminds me of this cut together video

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Steeve@lemmy.ca on 29 Sep 2023 15:56 next collapse

I don’t get what the big deal is. I’m full of microplastics, but microplastics are made of dinosaurs, so that makes me part dinosaur and that’s badass.

marcos@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 16:56 collapse

but microplastics are made of dinosaurs

Algae actually.

What makes it vegan, I guess.

dosaki@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 16:15 next collapse

Life in plastic / is fantastic

JackbyDev@programming.dev on 29 Sep 2023 17:18 next collapse

Hi Barbie!

thefloweracidic@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 22:13 collapse

Hi Barbie!

zingo@lemmy.ca on 30 Sep 2023 13:27 collapse

Come on Barbie, let’s go party!

Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 16:26 next collapse

“Each liter of cloud water contained between 6.7 to 13.9 pieces of the plastics.”

Anyone know what a “piece” is?

CluckN@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 17:06 next collapse

It’s a bit

GBU_28@lemm.ee on 29 Sep 2023 17:43 collapse

Some, as a snack

JackbyDev@programming.dev on 29 Sep 2023 17:17 collapse

Probably a piece of microplastic. Not trying to be facetious. Microplastic already refers to a size of a piece of plastic as opposed to the material in general. Sort of like how gold is a material and a gold nugget is a piece of gold. As for how big this is what Wikipedia says the NOAA says.

Microplastics are fragments of any type of plastic less than 5 mm (0.20 in) in length, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)[1][2] and the European Chemicals Agency.[3] They cause pollution by entering natural ecosystems from a variety of sources, including cosmetics, clothing, food packaging, and industrial processes.[4]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microplastics

Goodie@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 17:38 next collapse

If you read below the fold in the article you get:

The team identified nine different types of polymers and one type of rubber in the airborne microplastics – ranging in size from 7.1 to 94.6 micrometers.

Arthur_Leywin@lemmy.world on 29 Sep 2023 19:58 collapse

So would that mean it is assumed that microplastics are spherical and the length refers to the diameter? So that we could calculate percent concentration by using the volumes.

Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de on 30 Sep 2023 04:58 collapse

Every time I read one of these stories I imagine my capillaries clogging up with PVA glue