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Microplastics and Weather and Climate Patterns
November 19 , 2024
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- Microplastics act as ice nucleating particles, microscopic aerosols that facilitate the formation of ice crystals in clouds.
- Microplastics found in clouds freeze at a warmer temperature.
- Cloud defects, such as the presence of microplastics, change how clouds form, impacting rainfall.
- This could have an impact on everything from thunderstorms to the global temperatures.
- This means microplastics could have an impact on precipitation patterns, weather forecasting, climate modelling and even aviation safety.
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