Manny I. Fox Morone @mannyfoxmorone.bsky.social · 13/02/2024Between traveling and work and my grandma's birthday, I forgot to post some news stories that some freelancers, @ginacvitale.bsky.social, and I have been putting out at @cenmag.bsky.social this year. Tiny 🧵: 141
Manny I. Fox Morone @mannyfoxmorone.bsky.social · 13/02/2024We know #microplastics are everywhere, but our models can't explain why. Might be because tiny plastic fibers get way more hangtime in the wind than the more familiar spherical particles. Read Carolyn WIlke's report: cen.acs.org/environment/...cen.acs.orgShape can explain how some microplastics travel so far in the environmentMany microplastics are fibers. Compared with spheres, they can spend 4 times as long in the air before settling. 100
