A recent study found that microplastics in the air can affect weather and climate by creating clouds. The width of microplastic is less than 5 millimeters. Some of its particles are simply microscopic. They have been found on the summit of Everest, in the deep seas and in the fresh snow of Antarctica. They are also easily transported through the air.
At school we are told that water freezes at 0 degrees, but this is not always the case. If there are no dust particles in it, it can remain in liquid form down to -38 degrees Celsius. In order for water to turn into ice at higher temperatures, its droplets must contain substances that are insoluble in water. For example, microplastics. It turns out that microplastic particles can cause the formation of ice crystals and increased precipitation in the form of snow or rain.
Experts found that 50 percent of water droplets, which contain many types of microplastics, freeze when cooled to -22 degrees Celsius. Ice-forming activity on microplastic particles was generally reduced by exposure to ultraviolet radiation, ozone, and acids.
Source: Ferra
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