Microplastics are chipping away at Earth’s ‘natural shield’ against climate change. 🌊🌎 For a long time now, there are increasing concerns about microplastics and their impact on the environment, biodiversity and potentially human health. 🌱💧🐾🩺 But in a new study (published in the ‘Journal of Hazardous Materials: Plastic’) researchers warn, that microplastics are interfering with the ocean’s role in regulating Earth’s temperature. Over time, these changes could lead to ocean warming, acidification, and biodiversity loss, threatening food security and coastal communities worldwide. The EU is aims to significantly reduce microplastic releases by: • Reducing plastic pollution (which degrades into microplastics) • Restricting the use of intentionally added microplastics in products • Reducing unintentional microplastic releases More: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/topics/plastics/microplastics_en