GEOS-Chem-IGE/hough2026_atmo-plast-emis_paper: v1.0.0

Summary

I should note upfront: this listing is actually a code repository (the programming tools used to make the paper's charts and figures), not the research paper itself, so key details about methods and findings aren't fully available here. That said, based on the title, the underlying study suggests that when scientists measure microplastic particles more consistently across different studies (accounting for the fact that some tiny particles get missed depending on detection methods), estimates of how much plastic pollution is floating in our air actually go down compared to previous calculations. This matters because accurate measurements of airborne microplastics help researchers and health officials better understand how much of this pollution we're actually breathing in