Plastic is blowing in the wind

Plastic bags and other things similar are always found beside oceans at beaches. This causes for microplastics to increase in the atmosphere above water in oceans, rivers etc. A team of researchers were trying to figure out where all this microplastic was coming from. Even though the plastic was hard to see through the magnifying glass, the researchers wanted to know the type of plastic being spread. The plastics they noticed were polystyrene, polyethylene, polypropylene, and others in the samples they had. After the calculations of the mass and the average direction of the wind, they found out that the microplastic came from things such as plastic bags, and other types of plastic waste. The team later found out that microplastic enter the air by bubbles in the surface of oceans, or by the wind. When microplastics enter the air, they dry out quickly and are exposed to ultraviolet light, and they don't just disappear. Most of the exposed microplastics drop into the water. Microplastics are very toxic, so when they drop into oceans, they cause a lot of harm for the environment. This doesn't just harm the life in water but to humans as well. These things also have a huge affect on sea animal life because it'll look life food to them. With more and more microplastics being eaten, it'll make its way up the food chain. This won't only affect animals but humans too. By going up the food chain, the microplastics could end up in our bodies.