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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 09/04/2025
NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀 Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯 A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛 Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x
Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra holds the oldest known caddisfly casing containing microplastic, dating to 1971. Photo: Liselotte Rambonnet.A caddisfly casing with pieces of blue microplastic, dating 1986. Photo: Auke-Florian Hiemstra
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