Satellite image of Hurricane Larry over the Atlantic Ocean on 8 September 2021 AP Photo / Alamy
In September 2021, Hurricane Larry pelted Newfoundland, in Canada, with strong winds and torrential rain. It also rained down microplastics — up to five times as many particles fell on days during the storm as those before or after.
A hurricane’s impacts on microplastic deposition hadn’t been studied before, says at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada. She and her colleagues took advantage of the approaching storm to make…
