Warren Currie 🦠🦐<p>Weekend <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/Plankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plankton</span></a> Factoid 🦠🦐<br>27 M tonnes. Dutch NIOZ scientists found that nanoplastics (<1 μm) are not only widespread, but equivalent to the mass of macro & microplastics! Polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polystyrene (PS) and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/plastics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>plastics</span></a> don't just float on the surface, but can be found at depths below 1000m. These particles are likely interfering with <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/zooplankton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>zooplankton</span></a> feeding because many organisms forage on these sizes of particles. <a href="https://ecoevo.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a><br><a href="https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250721223827.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">sciencedaily.com/releases/2025</span><span class="invisible">/07/250721223827.htm</span></a></p>