The ocean is full of tiny plastic particles – we found a way to track them with satellites
- Written by: Christopher Ruf, Professor of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, University of Michigan
Plastic fragments washed onto Schiavonea beach in Calabria, Italy, in a 2019 storm. Alfonso Di Vincenzo/KONTROLAB /LightRocket via Getty ImagesPlastic is the most common type of debris floating in the world’s oceans. Waves and sunlight break much of it down into smaller particles called microplastics – fragments less than 5 millimeters...
