Aug 13, 2024
High-speed cameras reveal behavior of microplastics in turbulent water
Posted by Saúl Morales Rodriguéz in categories: biological, particle physics
Microplastics are a global problem: they end up in rivers and oceans, they accumulate in living organisms and disrupt entire ecosystems. How tiny particles behave in a current is difficult to describe scientifically, especially in the case of thin fibers, which make up more than half of microplastic contamination in marine life-forms. In turbulent currents, it is almost impossible to predict their movement.