Plaster visar sig ännu farligare i den globala uppvärmningen


Hennes team har upptäckt att plast avger metan medan den faller sönder i världshaven. Visar att plasten faktiskt är ännu viktigare få bort ur kretsloppet för klimatet.
Young researcher Sarah-Jeanne Royer set out to measure methane gas coming from biological activity in sea water.
Instead, in a ”happy accident” she found that the plastic bottles holding the samples were a bigger source of this powerful warming molecule than the bugs in the water.
Via BBC News: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45043989