ScienceRussian scientists create first digital passport for Arctic microplastics
Scientists from Novgorod State University and the Russian Academy of Sciences’ Institute of Oceanology have created Microscan, an open database containing infrared spectra from 2,010 real microplastic particles collected in the Eastern Arctic. Neural networks trained with it can distinguish polyethylene from polypropylene in the ocean with more than 96% accuracy, helping environmentalists count plastic debris.
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Russian scientists create first digital passport for Arctic microplastics