Microplastics 設立する in clouds over mountains in 中国 could 衝撃 Earth's 天候, 熟考する／考慮する 明らかにする／漏らすs
- Microplastics were 設立する in the clouds 近づく the 頂点（に達する） of 開始する Tai
- These tiny 粒子s may encourage cloud 形式 in 予測できない ways?
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Microplastics are nearly everywhere - on remote beaches, in seafood, 頂上に pristine mountains, in the 団体／死体s of newborn babies and now in clouds over 中国.
A team from the nation identified tiny 粒子s in clouds above the World 遺産 場所／位置 開始する Tai, and 推測する the microplastics could 影響する／感情 Earth's 天候.?
The 発見, 発表するd Wednesday, could lead to more cloud 形式, thus 増加するing precipitation or cooler 条件s - but the scientists said more 研究 needs to be done.?
They also 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う?that the 粒子s in the clouds encourage cloud 形式 and make the clouds more likely to carry metals from 産業の 汚染.
The microplastics 設立する 頂上に 開始する Tai （機の）カム in many 形態／調整s: 繊維s (a), fragments (b), films (c), and spheres (d)
Microplastics are defined as plastic 粒子s smaller than five ミリメートルs, but in this 熟考する／考慮する, most 粒子s (about 60 パーセント) were smaller than 100 micrometers.?
There are 1,000 micrometers in one ミリメートル, and though that may sound small, enough of these tiny pieces can have an outsized 影響.?
The team behind the 熟考する／考慮する collected cloud water 見本s from the mountain's 首脳会議, which grazes the clouds, rising about one mile above sea level.?
They 分析するd the 見本s under microscopes and with a spectrometer to 決定する the 化学製品 構成 of the clouds' contents.
Microplastics were 設立する in 24 out of 28 見本s, and the 量 増加するd closer to sea level, where the clouds were also 設立する to be denser
Microplastics likely drifted from more 居住させるd inland areas before the 勝利，勝つd 輸送（する）d them to the more 田舎の 開始する Tai
Sunlight and other 天候ing can break 負かす／撃墜する microplastics into even tinier fragments, the scientists 公式文書，認める, so they may have 行方不明になるd some of these いわゆる 'nanoplastics' in the 熟考する／考慮する.
'As such, our results likely 代表する the lower 限界 of plastics in clouds,' the team wrote in the 熟考する／考慮する published Wednesday.
Computer modeling 示唆するs that these microplastics had drifted from other parts of the country, and 研究員s 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う the 粒子s can change the way clouds form, 影響（力）ing the 天候.?
Water and ice can condense around 空輸の 粒子s to foster cloud 形式, like 火山の ash thrown up after an 爆発. So, 研究員s think that microplastics in the 空気／公表する may behave 類似して.
The clouds may be changing the plastics, too.
Microplastics are defined as plastic 粒子s smaller than five ミリメートルs, but in this 熟考する／考慮する, most 粒子s (about 60 パーセント) were smaller than 100 micrometers
In the atmosphere, sunlight can 天候 and wear the plastics, making their surfaces rough and craggy.
As part of the new 熟考する／考慮する, scientists exposed microplastics to either plain water and 空気／公表する or to water and UV light. The cloud-like 条件s roughed up the 粒子s much more, and the 研究員s 設立する that this change can make it easier for 激しい metals like lead and 水銀柱，温度計 to hitch a ride upon the microplastics.
This 熟考する／考慮する isn't the first to find microplastics in clouds. In October, scientists in Japan 発表するd 類似の findings?from cloud 見本s collected 頂上に 開始する Oyama and 開始する Fuji.?
研究員s who identified microplastics in fresh 南極の snow?嫌疑者，容疑者／疑う that the 粒子s 加速する snow melt, so the new 熟考する／考慮する's findings 追加する another piece to the microplastics puzzle.
More 研究 is needed to 明らかにする these ever-現在の 粒子s' exact 役割 in our changing 気候.
