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Standardized runoff dataset could improve forecasts of urban microplastic pollution

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Standardized runoff dataset could improve forecasts of urban microplastic pollution
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As rain falls, lurking within stormwater runoff are hidden microplastics, polluting the water sources they drain into. Even though microplastics originate in urban environments such as cities, existing data sets focus on marine and coastal areas. Without data sources on microplastics in cities, scientists are unable to develop models for predicting stormwater runoff that deal with this pollution.

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