The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to a new assessment.
The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to a new assessment.
Those numbers seem worrying. 68% of food making it from farm to mouth seems very high. I suspect there are some inherent inefficiencies that mean it’ll never be close to 100. We are also pushing up against the limits of available farmland and a number of key nutrients. And the population is still growing…