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Microplastics in the Ocean

Special Series: Microplastics in the Ocean

Microplastics—tiny plastic fragments less than five millimeters in size—are ubiquitous in the global ocean.

Mar 2019

Microplastics in the Ocean – Separating Fact from Fiction

Mar 2019

Do Microplastics in the Ocean Affect Scallops?

Dec 2018

Tracking a Snow Globe of Microplastics

Dec 2018

From Macroplastic to Microplastic

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