From water Source to water Source, the transport of microplastic and toxic chemicals around the planet
The GOES equatorial Atlantic water sampling for plankton and microplastic was the first time that there had ever been a sampling transect that ran across the Atlantic Ocean in an east/west direction.
Billions are spent on oceanographic ships and satellite observation, but not a single analysis along the equator. We know that 80% of the weather is controlled and regulated by the oceans, and we know the primary mechanism for energy transport is water, and we know that the surface water SML regulates water evaporation, cloud formation, rain and the energy in the atmosphere.
The equatorial Atlantic is therefore crucial for understanding the weather, and given that plankton maintain the SML and microplastic and pollution destroy the layer, it is kind of important to know what is going on. But there have been zero!!! ziltch!!! absolutely no surveys of the ocean until the GOES community science project. The whole situation is just ******* ridiculous.
The equatorial Atlantic regulates the weather for the top of South America, Central America and a major part of the USA. It makes you wonder how much more is missing for the data that could allow for more informed decisions to be made about the climate, ecosystems and nature.
We aim to try and fill that gap with what could be the most ambitious world community project to map the flow of microplastic everywhere, from a raindrop to an ocean, in lakes and rivers and even what comes out of a faucet from municipally supplied water.
Details of the project from:
https://lnkd.in/eJxCD9V8
If you think this is a good idea, or if you would like to get involved, let us know.
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