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Scientists have found #microplastic pollution in krill and salps from Antarctica's Southern Ocean 🦐 Krill and salps are just the start of the chain: that plastic transfers up as food to whales, penguins, seals and seabirds. Here's what our team found 👇

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As well as being important food sources, krill and salp help transfer #carbon into the deep ocean. The Southern Ocean is a hugely important carbon sink. Consumption of microplastics has the potential to interfere with how much carbon these animals can trap.

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