Marine litter may have wider impact on environment that previously thought, study shows

Marine litter and microplastics dumped in the oceans may have a wider impact on the environment than previously thought, a new study shows.

Marine scientists from the Ryan Institute at NUI Galway in collaboration with UCC and Villefranche sur Mer Laboratory in France have found that microplastics may also impact on important ecosystem processes which facilitate the uptake of carbon dioxide from our atmosphere.