Yes, the zooplankton – tiny little animals in the sea – mistake the microplastics for food and eat them.

是的，浮游动物，即海洋里微小的动物，错把塑胶微粒当作食物吃掉。

Microplastics are very small pieces of plastic.

微塑料是非常小的塑料碎片。

And so they create what we call microplastics.

然后，他们创造了我们所谓的塑料微粒。

So what's the most common type of microplastic?

那哪种微塑料最常见？

It's mostly microplastic, pieces less than 20 cm across.

它大部分是微塑料，直径不到 20 厘米。

Passed a law to ban microplastics from cosmetics and cotton buds.

通过了一项法律，禁止化妆品和棉签中添加微塑料。

As a result of plastic pollution here in lake Maracaibo, many fish consume small bits of plastic called microplastics.

由于马拉开波湖的塑料污染，许多鱼吃进了被称为“微塑料”的塑料碎片。

But we start with microplastics and other data sensors.

但我们从微塑料和其他数据传感器开始。

Microplastics, plastics in general, are being an increasing problem-they're everywhere.

微塑料，大体上是塑料，正在成为一个越来越严峻的问题——它们无处不在。

Scientists have identified the highest levels of microplastics ever recorded on the seafloor.

科学家发现了海底有记录以来的最高水平的微塑料。

It created a new method to remove microplastics from the water, using magnets.

发明了一种利用磁铁从水中去除微塑料的新方法。

Microplastics are particles of plastic debris that are less than 5 millimeters long.

微塑料指的是长度小于5毫米的塑料碎片颗粒。

He said that microplastics did not appear to be a health worry for now.

他说，目前看来，微塑料似乎还不会构成健康威胁。

The possible health effects on whales from eating microplastics are still not well understood.

人们对摄入微塑料对鲸鱼健康可能产生的影响仍不甚了解。

It's plastic. This is microplastic. This is a rock. This is the plastic.

是塑料，这是微塑性。这是岩石。这是塑料。

How to stop microplastics getting into your body?

如何减少微塑料的摄入？

One 20 cm piece of plastic can become more than 60,000 pieces of microplastic.

一块 20 厘米的塑料可以变成 6 万多块微塑料。

Their missions include monitoring new pollutants like microplastics and drifting garbage in the Antarctic Ocean.

他们的任务包括监测微塑料和南极海洋漂浮垃圾等新型污染物。

Plastic gets into the marine environment. It breaks down into tiny little pieces called microplastics.

塑料会进入海洋环境中，然后分解成塑料微粒。

When it's washed, it releases microplastics into the ocean, into the food chain, into us.

当它被洗涤时，会释放塑料微粒进入海洋，进入食物链、进入我们体内。