Every year around 8 million tons of plastic trash enters the ocean which becomes microplastics and cause harm to sea life and marine ecosystems, and are difficult to track and clean.

University of Michigan researchers have developed a new way to spot ocean microplastics across the globe and track them over time, providing a day-by-day timeline of where they enter the water, how they move and where they tend to collect.

The approach relies on NASA's Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) and can give a global view or zoom in on small areas for a high-resolution picture of microplastic releases from a single location.

This could really change the way microplastics are tracked and accordingly help in cleaning them up.

Kudos to the entire research team !!