Microplastics are a big problem for the #ocean's smallest creatures.
#UVMresearch by Emily Shore ’19 G ’20 & Prof. Melissa Pespeni suggests that less carbon settles when zooplankton consume plastics — which is bad news for ocean health and climate change: https://t.co/bJGX9HlloC
Meet the copepod. These tiny crustaceans swim in our oceans, eating algae and getting eaten by fish. Now, copepods are also eating #microplastics — which makes Emily Shore '19 G'20 worried. Her #UVMResearch: https://t.co/dZqGCHPhEC