According to researchers, the presence of small plastic particles in clouds increases the possibility of contaminating “everything we eat and drink.”
Scientists claim that the discovery of microplastics in clouds may be a factor in climate change.
The largest peak in Japan, Mount Fuji, and Mount Ōyama’s cloud water were found to contain rubber and a variety of polymers.
Their research, which was published in the Environmental Chemical Letters journal, adds to the mounting evidence that plastic waste has contaminated the majority of Earth’s ecosystems.
Tiny plastic fragments, no larger than a sesame seed, have been discovered in both the most remote regions of the earth and the most private areas of human anatomy, such as the placentas, blood, and lungs of expectant mothers.
“This study is the first to our knowledge that detects airborne microplastics in cloud water in both the atmospheric boundary layer and free troposphere,” the authors said.
This is the reason the discovery is alarming for our climate in addition to being out of the ordinary. Read more-