Plastic Plankton

I suppose we shouldn't be surprised but recent research, using finer collection nets, suggests that the numbers of microplastic particles in the oceans has been grossly underestimated (https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/may/22/microplastic-pollution-in-oceans-vastly-underestimated-study). The new findings suggest that the actual number of microplastics is about double the previous estimate, with the long-lasting particles now out-numbering organisms in the plankton. There are lots of plankton feeders in our seas (and organisms, like ourselves, who feed on the plankton feeders and their predators), so this insidious pollution is likely to have major effects on food chains.