Who do you think makes the most important scientific discoveries today? Some people believe that gray-haired scientists in white coats are doing this - in most cases they are, but do not forget about young scientists. For example, American students have already come up with a way to protect astronauts from cosmic radiation. Ireland also has young geniuses - one of them is the 18-year-old Fionn Ferreira, who recently received a reward of $ 50,000 from Google. He invented a liquid, which is extremely necessary for humanity, which is able to clean the oceans of our planet from tiny particles of plastic. Perhaps the discovery of this guy will save us from one of the possible variations of the ends of the world.

In the oceans there are really a lot of microscopic particles of plastic. They fall into the water through our fault, because humanity has not yet abandoned plastic bags and plastic bottles. Not only have we not started using safer materials, we are also irresponsibly leaving plastic trash in the forests, where they can lie for hundreds of years and literally poison our planet. Even our clothes contain plastic - when the washing machines finish, they wash tiny particles of polyester and other components of artificial fabrics into the gutter, from where microplastics enter the oceans and pollute them.

Contaminated water, in turn, causes irreparable harm to fish and other aquatic inhabitants. For example, in an article about the case of snow falling with plastic particles in the Arctic, we mentioned that in the stomachs of some animals, ecologists find kilograms of plastic. Microplastic is found even in our blood, because the tiny size of plastic particles allows them to penetrate deep into our bodies. If the human body becomes too clogged with plastic, it can cause heart problems or even lungs to deform.

Perhaps a liquid created by an Irish guy named Fionn Ferreira will save us from global pollution of the planet with plastic garbage. This young scientist is actively participating in the Google Science Award among researchers aged 13 to 18. For his work, he has already received 12 awards and continues to amaze the scientific community. The idea of creating a microplastic fluid purifying water came to him while sailing on a kayak.

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