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Plankton are eating plastic 

8/15/2015

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Un equipo de realizadores e investigadores logró capturar, por primera vez, a un grupo de copépodos (un tipo de zooplancton que se nutre de algas en el océano) alimentándose de partículas plásticas.

Las imágenes, grabadas a través de un microscopio, forman parte de un video creado por Five Films en colaboración con el Laboratorio Marino de Plymouth, en Reino Unido, que trata de crear conciencia sobre cómo la contaminación está afectando incluso a las criaturas más pequeñas del mar.

Cada año, ocho millones de toneladas de residuos plásticos llegan hasta el mar. Con el tiempo los plásticos más grandes se descomponen en trozos muy pequeños.

Fuente: bbc.com


A team of filmmakers and researchers captured for the first time, a group of copepods (a type of zooplankton that feeds on algae in the ocean) feeding on plastic particles.

The images, recorded through a microscope, are part of a video created by Five Films in collaboration with the Plymouth Marine Laboratory in the United Kingdom, which seeks to raise awareness about how pollution is affecting even the smallest creatures in the ocean. 

Every year, eight million tons of plastic waste end in the sea. Over time the largest plastics break down into very small pieces.

Source: bbc.com
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