Microplastics promote cloud formation, with likely effects on weather and climate
- Written by Miriam Freedman, Professor of Chemistry, Penn State
Giant cumulonimbus clouds in Australia.Steve Christo - Corbis/Corbis via Getty ImagesClouds form when water vapor – an invisible gas in the atmosphere – sticks to tiny floating particles, such as dust, and turns into liquid water droplets or ice crystals. In a newly published study, we show that microplastic particles can have the same...
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