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Environmental News Network – Project to Reveal Fate of Tyre Particles in the Ocean

October 9, 2020016
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A new study involving experts from Newcastle University aims to assess an until now hidden form of marine litter and show the effects it could have on our seas.

Tyre particles are believed to transfer in large quantities from vehicles into our rivers and oceans. However, their precise fate – and the impact they have – remains something of a mystery.

Now a three-year project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council aims to assess this until now hidden form of marine litter, and show the effects it could have on our seas and the species within them.

Bringing together the Universities of Plymouth, Exeter and Newcastle, together with Plymouth Marine Laboratory, the research will aim to quantify tyre particle concentrations at their points of entry to the marine environment.

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