Evidence item

The source reports three- to 22-fold higher deposition during Helene and site-specific annual shares of 18.8%, 4.2%, and 4.6%. MEASUREMENT

Authenticity UNVERIFIED · extraction UNVERIFIED · independence group none (unreviewed) · created seq 19885

Source: Hurricane Helene Deposited Nearly One-Fifth of Annual Microplastics at One North Carolina Site · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:cca962ea2a5f70512389f142be1fee99a98005e3023a87b2a0b3f774c9b06f12

Exact excerpt

Rainfall from Hurricane Helene produced a short-term spike in microplastics at three sites in Western North Carolina, with microplastic deposition three to 22 times higher than before the storm. The storm accounted for 18.8 percent of the annual microplastic deposition at Highlands Biological Station at Western Carolina University, 4.2 percent at Iron Duff in Haywood County, and 4.6 percent at Coweeta Hydrologic Laboratory in Macon County.

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