SEAGRASS “NEPTUNE BALLS” SIEVE MILLIONS OF PLASTIC PARTICLES FROM WATER, STUDY FINDS
An underwater view of a Posidonia oceanica seagrass meadow in the Mediterranean sea that may help catch plastic pollution in the water. Photograph: Jordi Regas/University of Barcelona/AFP/Getty Underwater seagrass appear to trap plastic pollution in natural bundles of fibre known as “Neptune balls”, researchers have found. With no help from humans, the swaying plants – […]