A surprising amount of plastic pollution in the ocean may wind up in a previously overlooked spot: the skeletons of living corals. Up to 4 million pounds of microplastics may be stored in coral skeletons every year. Nearly 3% of the microplastics are estimated to be in the shallow, tropical waters. - discu.eu

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A surprising amount of plastic pollution in the ocean may wind up in a previously overlooked spot: the skeletons of living corals. Up to 4 million pounds of microplastics may be stored in coral skeletons every year. Nearly 3% of the microplastics are estimated to be in the shallow, tropical waters. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/gcb.15920 3 comments 29/11/2021 science

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