🥹😮😲MICROPLASTICS IN CLOUDS AFFECT WEATHER Scientists from Waseda University and other institutions have confirmed the presence of airborne microplastics (AMPs) within cloud water at high altitudes, including Mt. Fuji and Mt. Oyama. These particles, ranging from 7.1 to 94.6 micrometers, are acting as cloud condensation nuclei, potentially influencing cloud formation, accelerating ice crystal creation, and affecting global climate
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Scientists have discovered that microplastics (plastics <5mm) are present in high-altitude clouds, acting as nuclei for ice and water formation, which likely impacts weather patterns and climate. Studies in Japan and China found 7–14 particles per liter in cloud water above mountains, suggesting microplastics are part of the atmospheric water cycle, potentially influencing cloud formation, accelerating global warming through degradation in the atmosphere, and causing “plastic rainfall
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