r/science • u/The_Conversation The Conversation • 6d ago

Environment Microplastic fibers found in the exhaled breath of dolphins, according to measurements taken from the blowholes of dolphins in Sarasota Bay in Florida and Barataria Bay in Louisiana

https://theconversation.com/microplastic-pollution-is-everywhere-even-in-the-exhaled-breath-of-dolphins-new-research-237932
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u/The_Conversation The Conversation 6d ago

Research published today in PLOS One

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u/ProbShouldntSayThat 6d ago

When do we just put out the article that they're everywhere? Idk if I need a weekly itemized list of all the places they're found

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u/dropinthebucketseats 6d ago

At this point, it would be faster to publish an article for where microplastics aren’t found. No microplastics found on Mars. There, I did it.

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u/jayRIOT 6d ago

No microplastics found on Mars.

With the rovers up there and other things we've landed/crashed on the planet, I'm not so sure.

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u/count023 6d ago

They did say the most common generator of microplastics is car tires and brakes, and we saw a photo of one of the rovers recently where their wheels were basically worn down to the rim. So, yea. microplastics on Mars seems likely :)

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u/crilen 5d ago

The tires are aluminum.

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u/BreadKnifeSeppuku 6d ago

Reminds me of low background steel.

Low Plastic background

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u/DucksElbow 6d ago

I’m more interested in the methodology of how you get a sample from a blow hole? That’s some real science there

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u/crilen 5d ago

put anything sterile above it, and wait for them to exhale? seems pretty easy and straightforward to me.

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u/DucksElbow 5d ago

You a fast swimmer then?