Microplastics found in clouds could affect weather and global temperatures

Microplastics were found in cloud water atop Mount Tai in eastern China.

Researchers found that Earth ds can modify microplastics, possibly resulting in these particles affecting cloud formation.

The pa China es may have originated from plastics in the ocean and been transported via air masses.

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