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Ocean warming makes plastic additives more toxic to marine life
Original: Ocean warming intensifies the toxicity of plastic additives and threatens the base of the marine food web
Researchers at the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) report that ocean warming intensifies the toxicity of chemical additives in plastic pollution. The findings suggest warmer waters increase the harm these substances cause to plankton and other organisms at the base of the marine food web, with potential consequences for entire ocean ecosystems and the species that depend on them.
Why now: New research highlights a compounding threat from climate change and plastic pollution at the foundation of ocean food chains.
Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC)plastic pollutionocean warmingmarine food web
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- Ocean warming intensifies the toxicity of plastic additives and threatens the base of the marine food web · Institut de Ciències del Mar. ICM-CSIC
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