Microplastics tangle water fleas | Headline Science

Reporting in Environmental Science & Technology Letters, researchers found that plastic microfibers can entangle some of the smallest aquatic creatures: water fleas.
Read the paper: doi.org/10.102...
(Corresponding author: Vera I. Slaveykova, Ph.D.)
Video credits:
Written and produced by Kerri Jansen
Edited by Vangie Koonce
Narrated by Allison Tau
Executive produced by Matthew Radcliff
Research videos from Cuizhu Ma, Ph.D., and Bo Hu
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Music: “Sumerian Paradise” by Dew of Light from Epidemic Sound
Sound effects: Soundsnap
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And then they're probably easier to be caught by predators who then ingest the microplastics to be sent up the food chain...😟

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i hope humanity starts taking microplastics seriously, quickly

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Please do more of these videos, it looks awesome

[@Nuggiesoftruth]

Nice short but can y’all make some longer videos on the subject? Maybe look at the research

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And we eat the fish with these micro plastics in them...

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Hey, a small channel with a good voice actor and a good message. Been a while on CZcams shorts.

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And what part of this am I supposed to care about

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Nobody cares