New study shows seagrasses expel microplastics in the Mediterranean

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An unexpected hero is helping clear microplastics out of the Mediterranean Sea:  swaying seagrasses. Their leaves roll microplastics into fibrous balls and eject them onto the shore. The World’s Anna Kusmer shares the ways that plastic pollution is affecting the people and animals of the Mediterranean, and the resilience of nature. 

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